How An Altered Strand Of DNA Can Cause Malaria-Spreading Mosquitoes To Self-Destruct

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By Rob Stein – July 28, 2021

For the first time, scientists have shown that a new kind of genetic engineering can crash populations of malaria-spreading mosquitoes.

In the landmark study, published Wednesday in the journal Nature Communications, researchers placed the genetically modified mosquitoes in a special laboratory that simulated the conditions in sub-Saharan Africa, where they spread the deadly disease.

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