GM mosquitoes offer malaria hope

[The Dragon Master]

Scientists believe they are closer to being able to change the DNA of wild mosquitoes in order to combat malaria.



In the laboratory, they made a gene spread from a handful of mosquitoes to most of the population in just a few generations, according to a report in Nature.



If the right gene can be made to spread then researchers hope to reduce the number of cases of malaria.



Other academics have described the study as a major step forward.



The World Health Organisation estimated that malaria caused nearly one million deaths in 2008.

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[Evil Eye]

Poor mosquitoes

That's kinda cool.