New approach to fighting malaria targets parasite, not mosquitoes
Saturday, July 21, 2012 - 00:30
in Biology & Nature
Modifying bacteria that live in a mosquito's gut so they kill the malaria parasite bypasses some problems with insecticides and genetically engineered bugs.Attempts to control malaria — which kills about 1 million people a year — have traditionally focused on the use of drugs to treat the disease and insecticides to kill mosquitoes.