But malaria doesn’t just rob us of lives, it also drains our economies. Across Africa, the disease costs us an estimated $12 ...

A new gene drive may push a species of malaria-carrying mosquito to extinction. In a small-scale laboratory study, the genetic engineering tool caused Anopheles gambiae mosquitoes to stop ...

To test the gene drive, scientists put hundreds of modified and regular mosquitoes into these cages and let them mate. They randomly picked 650 of the eggs laid by the mosquitoes, which they grew ...

They released an early non-gene drive mosquito in Burkina Faso in June 2019 as preparation. The science behind the tool, while not quite ready for release, is very, very, very close.

Gene drive used to turn all female mosquitos sterile In the lab, mosquito populations don't evolve resistance to this approach. John Timmer – Sep 27, 2018 7:15 am | 108 ...

Gene drive technology could eradicate malaria in our lifetime – but can scientists win the argument to turn mosquitos into weapons of destruction?

The name for this power is called gene drive. Mosquito lab at Imperial College London. Gene drive is simply the use of some strategy to artificially increase a gene's inheritance rate.

Gene drive works like an embedded Sorcerer’s Apprentice, making copy after copy of the inserted genes. When an engineered mosquito mates with a regular one, ...

“This is a major advance because it shows that gene drive interventions will likely be effective in mosquito vectors of disease,” said biologist Kevin Esvelt of Harvard’s Wyss Institute ...

But without clear regulatory frameworks and strong community engagement, its deployment could be delayed, risking further loss of life and economic productivity.During the Evidence for Development ...

These new methods, from parasites to gene editing, control mosquitoes without pesticides. Aedes aegypti mosquitoes (shown) carry a slew of diseases, including the virus that causes dengue fever ...