Vector Genetics Laboratory Content / Vector Genetics Laboratory Content for ºÙºÙÊÓƵ en Identifying Sites for Testing Modified Mosquitoes as a Strategy to Eradicate Malaria /blog/identifying-sites-testing-modified-mosquitoes-strategy-eradicate-malaria <p>Over the past several years molecular geneticists have been researching the application of CRISPR-Cas9 gene editing technology to mosquitoes that transmit malaria. This parasitic blood disease inflicts an enormous health burden throughout the tropical world. The numbers are hard to grasp: 229 million infections annually with over 440,000 deaths, mostly children and mostly in Africa.</p> August 18, 2021 - 10:20am Andy Fell /blog/identifying-sites-testing-modified-mosquitoes-strategy-eradicate-malaria New Research on Mosquito Gene Drives is Good News for Malaria Control /blog/new-research-mosquito-gene-drives-good-news-malaria-control <p>A group of UC scientists led by Greg Lanzaro, professor of pathology, microbiology and immunology in the ºÙºÙÊÓƵ School of Veterinary Medicine, recently completed an analysis of a strategy aimed at eliminating malaria from Africa using genetically engineered mosquitoes.</p> June 22, 2021 - 8:01am Andy Fell /blog/new-research-mosquito-gene-drives-good-news-malaria-control