The Uganda Virus Research Institute (UVRI) has extended its research on the behaviour of genetically modified mosquitoes to ...

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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 ...

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Researchers have demonstrated, for the first time in the world using mice, the ability to overcome significant challenges in ...

A type of aggressive, treatment-resistant brain tumor has a distinct population of immune cells that support its growth, ...

A new, comprehensive map of all the genes essential for blood infections in Plasmodium knowlesi (P. knowlesi), a parasite ...

As the MRI with its building sprawl over five acres, a stone’s throw from Borella junction, celebrates its 125th anniversary, Director Dr. Suranga Dolamulla journeys back in time to its humble origins ...

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Gene expression is the generation of a functional gene product from the information encoded by a gene, through the processes of transcription and translation. Gene products are often proteins ...