Reengineering Life

Millions of Genetically Engineered Mosquitoes Are Headed for the Florida Keys

The insects are designed to control diseases like dengue and West Nile

Emily Mullin
Published in
4 min readAug 25, 2020

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Mosquito
Photo illustration, source: Joao Paulo Burini / Getty Images

Reengineering Life is a series from OneZero about the astonishing ways genetic technology is changing humanity and the world around us.

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Emily Mullin
Future Human

Former staff writer at Medium, where I covered biotech, genetics, and Covid-19 for OneZero, Future Human, Elemental, and the Coronavirus Blog.