Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Malaria remains a daily threat across Africa. In 2023 alone, the continent accounted for 95% of the world’s 597,000 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Gene editing is already being used to treat a handful of rare genetic diseases; however, most therapies involve breaking or inactivating genes. Precisely fixing disease-causing mutations is far more ...

Research on gene drive systems is rapidly advancing. Many proposed applications of gene drive research aim to solve environmental and public health challenges. However, due to their intrinsic ...

Each year, 263 million people get malaria. But from the parasite's perspective, infecting humans is harder than you might think, and requires completing an epic journey within the tiny body of a ...

A free two-day event in Cambridge will unite experts to discuss translational advances in cell and gene therapy, spanning rare diseases, cancer immunotherapy, and genome editing.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. They buzz, they bite, and they cause some of the deadliest diseases known to humanity. Mosquitoes are perhaps the planet’s most ...