Converting female mosquitoes to non-biting males with implications for mosquito control

(Virginia Tech) " Nix has great potential for developing mosquito control strategies to reduce vector populations through female-to-male sex conversion, or to aid in the Sterile Insect Technique, which requires releasing only nonbiting males, " said James Biedler, a research scientist in the Tu lab.
Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health - Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news