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Understanding the Mosquito's Defences
Gene for insecticide resistance in mosquitos identified
Discovery of the single gene mutation that makes mosquitoes resistant to exisisting insecticides opens the posibility for developing new, targetted insecticides to prevent mosquito-borne diseases like malaria and west Nile virus. It is the 50th anniversary of a controversial experiment by Stanley Miller to re-create the basis of life in a test tube. How does El Ni帽o move around the Pacific? What owls can teach us about aeroplane design.
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