Scientists at the University of California San Diego received a $1.4 million grant to study new genetic technologies intended to curb mosquito populations and fighting the spread of malaria.
Related approaches might also help reduce other mosquito-borne pathogens including the viruses that cause dengue fever, Zika, chikungunya, yellow fever and West Nile disease.
According to UC San Diego, the mosquito project has another goal as well: addressing relevant social and ethical challenges, in connections with a type of genetic engineering known as"gene drives," and other advanced technologies. "There's been a lot of concern that there are so many unknowns associated with the spread of gene drives in the wild," Bier said."Now we have developed drives with limited ability to spread, and mitigating systems to remove or halt drives if necessary."
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