Scientists create malaria-blocking mosquitoes

Monday, November 23, 2015 - 15:30 in Biology & Nature

Using a groundbreaking gene editing technique, University of California scientists have created a strain of mosquitoes capable of rapidly introducing malaria-blocking genes into a mosquito population through its progeny, ultimately eliminating the insects' ability to transmit the disease to humans.

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