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Malaria causing mosquitoes soon to be extinct?

From: Sci-Dev.net

"A major stumbling block to using GM mosquitoes engineered to stop transmission of malaria may have been solved with a new genetic technique to ensure that they survive and propagate in natural environments.

The first genetically modified (GM) mosquito was produced in 2000 by scientists at Imperial College London, United Kingdom. Subsequent studies have shown that such modifications could be used to create mosquitoes with a reduced ability to transmit the deadly Plasmodium parasite responsible for malaria..."

more at Sci-Dev.net
and the full story at: Nature
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