Can CRISPR help edit out female mosquitoes?
Wednesday, February 17, 2016 - 15:07
in Biology & Nature
The recent discovery of the first male-determining factor in mosquitoes, combined with the gene-editing capabilities of the CRISPR-Cas9 system, could be used to bias mosquito populations from deadly, blood-sucking females toward harmless, nectar-feeding males, thus helping to prevent the spread of mosquito-borne diseases.