Genetically Modified Screwworm Flies May Enhance Sterile Insect Technique

Since the 1950s, the Sterile Insect Technique (SIT) has been used to control screwworm flies and other insects. This technique currently involves irradiating male and female insects to make them sterile, and then releasing them to mate with fertile insects. Now an article published in the journal BMC Biology suggests that populations of New World […]