Malaria
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Can GM (Genetically modified) mosquitoes wipe out malaria?
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First of all, people may be wondering how mosquitoes can protect against malaria since they cause one of the deadliest diseases in the world. More than 300 million people are infected by malaria every year. It mainly affects adults and children when warm, damp conditions make it ideal for mosquitoes to breed. The malaria parasite is transmitted by female Anopheles mosquitoes. Moreover, scientists have created a genetically modified mosquito in the first step of a bold plan to alter an entire species to wipe out malaria. They inserted a synthetic gene, called SM1, which blocks the development of the malaria parasite in the mosquitoes, and makes it difficult for them to transfer it to humans when mosquitoes bite. Scientists are planning to wipe out malaria by......
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