Explained: How Scientists Are Genetically modifying Mosquitoes To Reduce Malaria
Explained: How Scientists Are Genetically modifying Mosquitoes To Reduce Malaria
Tags: Anopheles, Gene drive, Gene drive synthetic, Malaria, Population modification/replacementAnonymous, Outlook, 2022.
he Delhi High Court on Friday asked the state government to inform it within two weeks of the proposal of increasing the fine amount in mosquito breeding cases. The court last year took suo moto cognizance of the issue of large-scale mosquito breeding in the city, resulting in the spread of vector-borne diseases With a sudden increase in malaria cases across the country, a recent research might provide some respite. Scientists have genetically modified mosquitoes to slow the growth of malaria-causing parasites in their guts — an advancement that can help prevent transmission of the disease to humans. Though only around 10 per cent of mosquitoes live long enough for the infectious parasite to develop, malaria remains one of the most devastating diseases globally, putting at risk about half of the world’s population. In 2021, it infected 241 million people and killed 627,000 people.
