Genetic editing kills population of malaria mosquitoes
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PARIS, France -- Scientists said Monday they had succeeded for the first time in wiping out an entire population of malaria-carrying mosquitos in the lab using a gene editing tool to program their extinction. So-called gene drive technology works by forcinGenetic editing kills population of malaria mosquitoes
PARIS, France -- Scientists said Monday they had succeeded for the first time in wiping out an entire population of malaria-carrying mosquitos in the lab using a gene editing tool to program their extinction. So-called gene drive technology works by forcing evolution's hand, ensuring that an engineered trait is passed down to a higher proportion of offspring -- across many generations -- than would have occurred naturally. In experiments with the species Anopheles gambiae, scientists at Imperial College London tweaked a gene known as doublesex so that more females in each generation could no longer bite or reproduce. After only eight generations, there were no females left a...Keep on reading: Genetic editing kills population of malaria mosquitoes Read more