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Nature Medicine 10, 216 (2004)
doi:10.1038/nm0304-216a

Biologists try to work out bugs in GM insect technology

Kendall Powell1

  1. Denver

Advances in insect molecular biology have allowed the creation of genetically modified (GM) insects for infectious disease control to step out of the realm of science fiction. But experts say the technology must clear unique scientific and political challenges before it can become a real solution.