Even as several issues of field testing of genetically modified mosquitoes to fight malaria and dengue are being debated, Oxitec, a British company founded and part-owned by the University of Oxford, carried out the world's first open field trial last year.
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[1] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/news/moving-forward-caution
[2] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/newspaper/hindu-new-delhi
[3] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/genetic-engineering
[4] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/dengue
[5] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/vector-borne-diseases
[6] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/malaria
[7] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/health-care
