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Home / Health News / Brazil goes for genetic modification of Zika mosquitoes, injects plants with special bacteria

Brazil goes for genetic modification of Zika mosquitoes, injects plants with special bacteria

Scientists in Brazil invent new way of dealing with Zika virus, inject plants with bacteria to cause genetic modification in mosquitoes.

By: Agencies   | | Published: June 4, 2016 11:37 am
Tags: Genetics  Mosquito-borne diseases  
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With global attention focused on the Aedes aegypti mosquito that carries the Zika virus, researchers in Brazil are pursuing a way to battle the insect with flower power. The project, led by Mario Alberto Cardoso da Silva Neto, a professor at Rio de Janeiro Federal University, centres on the idea of injecting plants with a bacteria that would alter the mosquito’s genome to eliminate its thirst for blood, EFE news agency reported. Also Read - Delhi records 24% rise in vector-borne diseases: Here's how to look after yourself at home during dengue fever

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We hope to find the set of genes that equip these insects to suck human blood and then devise a way to prevent the mosquito from advance in this process of learning, the scientist said. The goal of the first phase of the project, dubbed avoiding first bite , is to identify the right combination of bacteria and the plants that provide nourishment for the Aedes aegypti. Know everything about Zika virus here. Also Read - Chikungunya test and diagnosis – everything you need to know

The second phase, Flower Power , will entail planting the genetically modified vegetation in areas where the proliferation of the mosquito is posing problems. So far, a research team from the university’s Medical Biochemistry Institute has identified 40 types of plant visited by the Aedes aegypti, which also carries the viruses that cause dengue fever and Chikungunya.

News source: IANS

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Published : June 4, 2016 11:37 am
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