It was announced today that Bill Gates has put in 4 million dollars into a project to create male mosquitoes that will help stop the spread of deadly diseases that they carry. The main target is malaria, a deadly disease that spreads only by mosquito bites. The plan is to have male mosquitos mate with female mosquitos, and a gene will pass to the offspring that will kill them before they turn into adulthood. As to who makes this type of mosquito
Fox News reports that "They're developed by a U.K. company called Oxitec, which has dubbed the creations 'Friendly Mosquitos' ". They are expected to have trials ready by 2020.
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