Various technologies of manipulation and modification of insects, including genetic modification, have been attracting a lot of debate in recent years,
Dr. KS Jayaraman, a qualified nuclear scientist-turned-journalist working with the Press Trust of India (PTI), discussed a research project called the Genetic Control of Mosquitoes Unit (GCMU) in a news article published on July 19, 1974. The project was carried out secretly in India and involved live research on new breeds of mosquitoes for germ warfare. This project was […]