World Mosquito Day: Gene Drives and CRISPR Technology

About this episode: World Mosquito Day, observed annually on August 20th, commemorates British doctor Sir Ronald Ross’s discovery in 1897 that female Anopheles mosquitoes transmit malaria to humans. More than a century later, major advancements like genetically modifying mosquitoes—AKA gene drives—have the potential to reduce malaria cases and deaths dramatically, but not without hurdles. This special episode is an extended version of Malaria Minute, a podcast from the Johns Hopkins Malaria Research Institute.

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