11 Feb 2009 03:00 AM
Could Genetically Modified Mosquitoes Have A Role In Controlling Malaria?
Given that malaria causes at least 1 million deaths every year, scientists are working on new approaches to malaria control, including developing
better and cheaper anti-malarial drugs, renewed efforts to find a malaria vaccine, and the development of genetically modified mosquitoes (GMMs).
Such transgenic mosquitoes are designed either to reduce population sizes or to replace existing populations with vectors unable to transmit the
disease.
In this week's PLoS Medicine, Charles Taylor and John Marshall (University of California, Los Anegles) describe some of the efforts currently underway to create GMMs and assess some of the obstacles they face…
In this week's PLoS Medicine, Charles Taylor and John Marshall (University of California, Los Anegles) describe some of the efforts currently underway to create GMMs and assess some of the obstacles they face…
