View Full Profile. Learn about our Editorial Policies. A gene drive has successfully caused the collapse of a malaria-carrying mosquito population in the lab, researches report today (September 24) in ...

But the insects soon began to evolve mutations that restored fertility and blocked the continued spread of the gene drive. “Reducing the numbers of mosquito vectors has been the most effective tool to ...

The move is aimed at informing critical research in the global fight against malaria. Thank you for reading Nation.Africa Show plans The Uganda Virus Research Institute (UVRI) has extended its ...

Gene drive alleles bias their inheritance to spread through populations. Here, we constructed a moderate efficiency 2-gRNA nanos-Cas9 homing suppression drive in the malaria mosquito Anopheles ...