Anopheles insects that overexpress Rel2 transcription factor could help control malaria spread in the field. Scientists say engineered mosquitoes that overexpress a transcription factor controlling ...

Research has led to the discovery of the role played by the Asian malaria mosquito (Anopheles stephensi) in the spread of drug and diagnosis-resistant malaria in Africa. Malaria is caused by a ...

In early 2022, malaria cases in the Ethiopian city of Dire Dawa surged, with more than 2,400 people sickened. The spike in infections was the work of an invasive mosquito species that’s spreading ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. The first batch of genetically engineered non-biting mosquitoes will be released in Djibouti on Thursday in an ...

Researchers from the University of South Florida have used artificial intelligence and citizen science to identify what may be the first specimen of Anopheles stephensi—an invasive and deadly ...

At least two years ago, scientists began creating genetically engineered mosquitoes with reduced capacity to transmit malarial parasites. But recent studies offer mixed messages as to whether ...

For the first time, a mosquito strain engineered to resist malaria has beaten regular mosquitoes in a lab test of overall fitness. The finding offers encouragement to scientists working to fight human ...

Modelling research in 2020 found that if Anopheles stephensi spread widely in Africa it would put more than 126 million people in 44 cities at risk of malaria. Djibouti became the first African nation ...

CLEVELAND - Malaria kills about 2 million people annually, mostly African children under the age of 5. While conventional approaches to controlling the disease have been ineffective, Case Western ...