In lab tests, this gene drive wiped out a population of mosquitoes
Success with the genetic engineering tool raises hopes of eliminating the malaria carrier
MARKED FOR DESTRUCTION The malaria-carrying mosquito Anopheles gambiae’s days may be numbered. Scientists have devised a gene drive that bottomed out the mosquito’s populations in lab tests.
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