Access to clean water, modern sanitation,
efficient insect control, and the advent of effective vaccines to target childhood disease may have made us complacent.
But geneticist Luke Alphey, founder of the Oxford, U.K. - based Oxitec Limited, a company that is also working to genetically modify
insects for pest
control, says the results are «a good step forward,» proving that genetic engineering can make sterile males more
efficient.