Disease-fighters disrupt mosquito's genes with molecular scissors
Thursday, March 21, 2013 - 20:30
in Biology & Nature
Scientists at Virginia Tech have disrupted the genes that control eye color in mosquitoes, using a genetic-engineering technique that could also disrupt the transmission of diseases such as dengue fever.The technique relies on two specially designed proteins that belong to a class known as transcription activator-like effector nucleases, or TALENs. The technique can target DNA at a specific site i...