Toxic male technique
by Debbie Lee
mosquito biocontrol
venomous semen
Macquarie University research into synthetic biology may provide solutions to dengue fever outbreaks and insect-transmitted disease.
Further reading:
‘’Toxic Male Technique’ promises faster biocontrol of mosquito populations’, 2025, Macquarie University, available: https://phys.org/news/2025-01-toxic-male-technique-faster-biocontrol.html
‘Recombinant venom proteins in insect seminal fluid reduce female lifespan’, 2025, Beach, S.J. & Maselko, M., Nature Communications, available: https://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41467-024-54863-1
Author bio:
Debbie Lee (@lee_debbie):
Writing from places light and dark,
awkward data nerd,
elegant word nerd,
dreaming in colour,
clumsily balancing love, hope,
kindness with pragmatic realism.
Read more sciku by Debbie: ‘Technomancy’.