Using gene drives to control wild mosquito populations and wipe out malaria
- Written by Andrea Crisanti, Professor of Molecular Parasitology, Imperial College London
A female _Anopheles stephensi_ mosquito bites a human to get a blood meal through its pointed proboscis. A droplet of blood is expelled from the abdomen after having engorged itself. Jim Gathany/Wikimedia CommonsWhat is the deadliest animal on earth? It’s a question that brings to mind fearsome lions, tigers, sharks and crocodiles. But the...
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