GMOsquitoes

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This week, Actuality scratches that itch with a trip to Key West, Florida, where the only prescription for an outbreak of dengue fever may be genetically altered mosquitoes. Plus, battling giant robots from the U.S. and Japan disappoint Marketplace's Sabri Ben-Achour.

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Quartz and Marketplace look at how genetically modified mosquitoes could be the key to preventing a disease outbreak in Florida.

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