UC researchers are pioneering a more effective way to block malaria… – AlKhaleej Today

Genetically modified mosquitoes for malaria control. Photo credit: Valentino Gantz.
Using a strategy known as population modification, which involves using a CRISPR-Cas9 gene propulsion system to introduce genes that prevent parasite transmission into mosquito chromosomes, University of California researchers have made a great leap forward in the use of genetic technologies for the Control of the transmission of made malaria parasites.
Postdoctoral fellow Adriana Adolfi of the University of California…

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