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MICROBE PUMP-UP

Researchers are testing a mosquito intended to fight dengue by passing along the disruptive Wolbachia bacteria to other mosquitoes. The bacteria successfully spread through a population after mosquito releases (bars) in a town in Australia last year.

Source: A.A. Hoffmann et al/Nature 2011

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