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Making sex deadly for insects could control pests that carry disease and harm crops

  • Written by: Bill Sullivan, Professor of Microbiology and Immunology, Indiana University
imageIn the toxic male technique, genetically engineered male insects would implant semen containing toxic venom into the female insects during mating.Madugrero/Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA

Insects do a lot more harm than ruining picnics. Some insects spread devastating diseases, while others cause staggering economic losses in agriculture. To control...

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