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 ...

Gene drive technology could reshape the fight against malaria in Africa, according to a groundbreaking study published in Nature Communications. The research, led by Target Malaria UK in collaboration ...

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 ...

On World Mosquito Day, Target Malaria, a not-for-profit research consortium, has called for more investment in technology, talent and partnerships to defeat malaria, a disease that kills over half a ...

A novel CRISPR-based technology can spread within bacterial populations to eliminate antibiotic resistance. In a potential breakthrough for tackling antibiotic resistance, researchers from the ...

The words “herpes” and “spread” in the same sentence don’t typically spell good news. Unless, that is, you’re talking about a busybody new virus. That virus includes designer DNA called a gene drive ...

Dr. Zoloth is a professor of religion and ethics at the University of Chicago and the author of “May We Make the World? Gene Drives, Malaria, and the Future of Nature.” Bold ideas in science research ...