CNN.com linked to this but I'm unsure why it's not getting traction yet because the implications are huge: scientists at the University of Arizona have created the first mosquito that is incapable of giving malaria to humans:
http://www.kold.com/Global/story.asp?S=12816097
[Postscript, Saturday July 17th, 12:30 p.m.: The Seattle Times ran the Los Angeles Times' version of this story on its front page today. Hooray! At long last, I control the world with my mind:
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/2012378603_malaria17.html]
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- Litsa Dremousis:
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