BBC, “GM lab mosquitoes may aid malaria fight”, June 2014

Posted 4th August 2015

Scientists have created mosquitoes that produce 95% male offspring, with the aim of helping control malaria. Flooding cages of normal mosquitoes with the new strain caused a shortage of females…

Sky News “ New GM Mosquito ‘Could Help Defeat Malaria’, June 2014 (broadcast and online)

Posted 4th August 2015

Scientists believe a new strain of mosquito that produces almost entirely male offspring could turn the tables in the fight against malaria.

Al Jazeera News, Breakthrough claimed in malaria eradication, June 2014 (broadcast and online)

Posted 4th August 2015

UK scientists think genetic modification will help check female population of mosquito species that spreads the disease.

Royal Society Pfizer Award for IVCC partner, Nov. 4, 2013

Posted 4th August 2015

A long-time collaborator of IVCC and LSTM has been awarded this year’s Royal Society Pfizer Award for his malaria research. Dr Abdoulaye Diabate, who is investigating the mating systems of…

Imperial College, “Scientists prove new technology to control malaria-carrying mosquitoes”, April 2011

Posted 4th August 2015

In today’s study, published in Nature, researchers from Imperial College London and the University of Washington, Seattle have demonstrated how some genetic changes can be introduced into large laboratory mosquito…

Guardian, “Scientists create GM mosquitoes to fight malaria and save thousands of lives”, October 2005

Posted 4th August 2015

Genetically modified mosquitoes could soon be released into the wild in an attempt to combat malaria. Scientists at Imperial College London, who created the GM insects, say they could wipe…

World Malaria Day: call to close gaps in prevention and treatment to defeat malaria

Posted 5th May 2015

WHO is calling on the global health community to urgently address significant gaps in the prevention, diagnosis and treatment of malaria. Despite dramatic declines in malaria cases and deaths since…

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BBC, “GM lab mosquitoes may aid malaria fight”, June 2014

Sky News “ New GM Mosquito ‘Could Help Defeat Malaria’, June 2014 (broadcast and online)

Al Jazeera News, Breakthrough claimed in malaria eradication, June 2014 (broadcast and online)

Royal Society Pfizer Award for IVCC partner, Nov. 4, 2013

Imperial College, “Scientists prove new technology to control malaria-carrying mosquitoes”, April 2011

Guardian, “Scientists create GM mosquitoes to fight malaria and save thousands of lives”, October 2005

World Malaria Day: call to close gaps in prevention and treatment to defeat malaria

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