A new report from the Pew Initiative on Food and Biotechnology surveys the growing research into genetically-modified insects and examines the possible health and environmental risks.
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Scientists are altering the genetics of insects and bacteria to prevent them from transmitting diseases such as malaria but the ultimate effects are unpredictable.
French and Canadian bees are getting busy on a remote island in Canada to produce what scientists hope will be a new superbee, resistant to deadly varroa mites that have crippled the global honey market.