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CRISPR can stop malaria spread by editing a single gene in mosquitos
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.
A team of researchers found a way to edit a single gene in a mosquito that prevented it from transmitting malaria, according to a paper published in Nature. Unlike previous methods of malarial control, changing that key gene doesn't affect the health or reproduction capabilities of mosquitos. That allowed the researchers to create a technique for mosquito offspring to inherit the Q224 allele and spread it through their populations to stop malarial parasite transmission in its tracks.
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