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Adult mosquitos are seen through a fluorescence microscope at the University of Maryland Biotechnology Institute's Insect Transformation Facility in Rockville, Md. , Wednesday, June 3, 2009. The glowing eyes indicate that the mosquitos have been successfully genetically transformed.

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