Mosquitoes can spread a deadly parasite that causes malaria. Learn how experts are using CRISPR to change the mosquito’s genome to stop this spread.

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When fed human blood contaminated with malaria, the engineered mosquitoes and their offspring thwarted the parasite. “This antimalaria drive system provides a novel genetic approach to aid in malaria ...

Otherwise, the insects appeared perfectly healthy. It's unclear exactly how much this genetic tweak would impair a mosquito's ability to transmit malaria.

A female Anopheles mosquito is sitting on a vine of the forest at Tehatta, West Bengal, India. This genus of mosquitoes cause malaria in humans in endemic areas. CREDIT: Photo by Soumyabrata Roy ...

A team from UC San Diego, John Hopkins and UC Berkeley Universities found a way to edit a single gene in a mosquito that prevented it from transmitting malaria.

Remarkably, it worked—nearly 90 percent of the subjects later bitten by mosquitoes carrying the natural malaria parasite did not contract the disease. This initial immune response suggests that ...

COLLEGE PARK, Md. — Researchers have created a "mosquito STD" in an effort to stop the pesky pests from spreading malaria to humans. A team of researchers that included a University of Maryland ...

Some mosquito populations have even adapted by avoiding bed nets and repellents, choosing instead to rest outdoors. “It’s essentially an arms race between the mosquitoes and us," says St. Leger.

On World Malaria Day, April 25, we sat down with Ali Afify, PhD, an assistant professor of biology at Drexel, to find out how Dr. Afify and his biology doctoral students are discovering more effective ...

WWII introduced service members to rampant malaria, and they got creative with how to counter the insectoid enemy that carried the disease. Joshua Skovlund Mar 18, 2025 7:30 AM EDT ...