Neat News 2744 (added 2023-07-06)

Suppressing mosquitoes to fight malaria

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Malaria is spread by the females of some mosquitoes. Now scientists managed to genetically change them so that from their eggs only males develop, which do not spread the disease but pass on the genetic change, reducing thereby the number of dangerous mosquitoes.

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News seen at: ScienceDaily - Health & Medicine