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This Genetically Engineered Fungus Could Help Fix Your Mosquito Problem  The New York Times Engineered Metarhizium fungi produce longifolene to attract and kill mosquitoes  Nature This mosquito death trap is all-natural and very deadly  Popular Science Scientists turn flower fragrance into a mosquito killer  ScienceDaily Engineered Sweet-Smelling Fungus Lures Mosquitoes to Their Death  Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology News Source link

Over the past 40 years, Dr. Timothy Lepore has been the emergency room head, sole surgeon and medical examiner on Nantucket, a small island off Cape Cod, Massachusetts. Today he runs the only private practice, where he treats dozens of patients with Lyme disease each year. About 15% of residents on the island have been afflicted with the disease, which …

This led a Mexican-European research collaboration to get interested in finding DNA from elsewhere in the Columbian mammoth’s range, which extended down into Central America. The researchers focused on the Basin of Mexico, which is well south of where any woolly mammoths were likely to be found. While the warmer terrain generally tends to degrade DNA more quickly, the team …