An international team of scientists hope their genetically modified mosquitoes could halt the spread of malaria, the world’s ...

Scientists are breeding modified mosquitoes to help fight malaria.

The British company Oxitec, in partnership with Australia's CSIRO, has announced plans to release genetically modified (GM) mosquitoes in Queensland.

Halting the reproduction of the insects would be a huge weapon against them and the diseases they carry, and a new manmade mosquito variant could do just that. The genetically modified mosquitoes ...

Professor Giorgos Christophides discusses the major research currently underway – If a small number of modified mosquitoes ...

Although the protocol applies to GM mosquitoes intended for disease control, its terms were negotiated primarily with concerns over the safety and trade of GM crops in mind. A sub-working group ...

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The biotech Oxitec had released the genetically engineered insects with the hope that they would breed with wild populations and produce offspring that die young. But that’s not always happening.

The technique, which uses genes taken from the honeybee and the African clawed frog, blocks normal growth of the malaria parasite inside the mosquito.