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ENVIRONMENT HEALTH & MEDICINE / Modified oct 20, 2010 9:34 a.m.

Malaria

Major breakthrough in the fight against malaria by genetically altering the mosquito that carries the disease by Pam White

Malaria is one of humanity’s deadliest enemies. More than 250 million people contract the disease each year and as many as a million die from it. Now scientists have made a major breakthrough in the fight against malaria by genetically altering the mosquito so that it can no longer give the disease to humans.

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