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To use the sterile insect technique against mosquitoes, females must be removed from the lab-raised populations before release. A new study shows that female mosquitoes' taste for blood can be used against them by lacing a bloodmeal with insecticide, significantly accelerating the sex-separation process before sterile males can be released. [Read more]
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