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Genetically modified mosquitoes may combat malaria (AP)




A technician uses an electron microscope showing  the female mosquito's ovaries and the DNA inside them at malaria expert, Professor Andrea Crisanti's lab, at London's Imperial College, London, Wednesday June 11, 2008. In a cramped, humid laboratory in London, mosquitoes swarming in stacked, net-covered cages are being scrutinized for keys to controlling malaria. Scientists have genetically modified them, hoping to stop them from spreading the killer disease malaria. Faced with a losing battle against malaria, scientists are increasingly exploring new avenues that might have seemed far-fetched just a few years ago. 'We don't have things we can rely on,' said Andrea Crisanti, the malaria expert in charge of genetically modifying mosquitoes at London's Imperial College. 'It's time to try something else.' Malaria kills nearly three million people worldwide every year, mostly in sub-Saharan Africa. (AP Photo/Alastair Grant)AP - In a cramped, humid laboratory in London, mosquitoes swarming in stacked, net-covered cages are being scrutinized for keys to controlling malaria. Scientists have genetically modified hundreds of them, hoping to stop them from spreading the killer disease.





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