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Genetically Modified Mosquito “Selfish Gene” Could Helps Stop Spread of Malaria

April 21, 2011 By Malaria.com Leave a Comment

Many scientists have played with the idea of creating a genetically modified mosquito that won’t transmit malaria, which kills about 850,000 people a year, and releasing it into the wild. But in the face of the millions of mosquitoes out there that do ferry malaria around, how would the trait spread fast enough to make a difference?

Now, scientists have developed a way to cause a “selfish” gene to spread to more than half of a mosquito population over just a few generations, suggesting a method to quickly and broadly disrupt genes required for carrying malaria.

Read more, via Discover Magazine.

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