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Gene drive modified mosquitoes offer new tool for malaria elimination efforts
Genetic technology co-developed at Imperial could help to eliminate malaria by making mosquitos resistant to the parasite that spreads the disease.
Efforts to prevent the spread of the disease have been complicated by existing malaria interventions becoming less effective due to mosquitoes developing biological and behavioural resistance to insecticides and barrier-based controls. This collaborative approach has led to the development of a mosquito transgenesis and infection facility at the Ifakara Health Institute with a biosafety level three laboratory and supporting plant room, bolstering genetic research in Tanzania and the wider continent. The Hub supports Imperial’s contribution to the United Nations Sustainable Agenda 2030, and our work more broadly with some of the most vulnerable and marginalised in societies where multiple global challenges are acutely concentrated.
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