GM mosquito release halted on the Grand Cayman

I feel like Verily’s non-GMO approach of using a robotic system to sort out sterile males generated the old-fashioned (radioactive) way offers a compelling alternative.

I’m far from anti-GMO, but the fact that there could be an alternative and that Oxitec’s approach doesn’t offer compelling advantages over that would give me pause.

Oxitec uses tetracycline to supress expression of the self-limiting gene in the captive state. However, there will always be some genetic mutations and given a large enough population you will get mutants that inactivate the transgene and could potentially lead to those gene copies spreading in the wild

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