Population-level changes in the genetic make-up of one of the world's deadliest animals could provide a key in the fight against malaria, proponents of a radical new technology argue. So-called gene ...

The fate of society rests in part on how humans navigate their complicated relationship with insects – trying to save “good” insects and control “bad” ones. Some insects, like mosquitoes, bite people ...

For some, a new cutting-edge technology called gene drive is the silver bullet able to wipe out invasive species decimating island wildlife, and eradicate the malaria-bearing mosquitos that killed ...

Gene drive—a form of genetic engineering that may impact not only individual organisms, but also entire species and ecosystems—is not yet ready for environmental testing, insists the National ...

They buzz, they bite, and they cause some of the deadliest diseases known to humanity. Mosquitoes are perhaps the planet’s most universally reviled animals. If we could zap them off the face of the ...

“I’m very relieved,” Andrea Crisanti, a molecular parasitologist at Imperial College London who works with gene drives, told Nature. “It would have been a disaster for developing the technology.” By ...

Malaria has plagued people for millennia. It is referenced in ancient texts and has even been detected in Egyptian mummies that are more than 5,000 years old. During the twentieth century alone, ...

Researchers at the University of California San Diego (UC San Diego) have developed a new gene drive technology applicable to various species, including malaria mosquitoes. The technology is notable ...

A hereditary defect created with CRISPR could wipe out cattle-killing pests that cost the country millions. On a warm, sunny day in Montevideo, Uruguay, the air is smogless and crisp. Inside a highly ...

Gene drives are a promising technology for controlling the populations of disease-bearing mosquitos by using their own genes against them. But a number of roadblocks still stand in the way. The ...

Addressing public concerns about the suitability and safety of new innovations is crucial to the responsible use of genetic technologies for environmental problems, according to a new report on New ...