We’ve known for more than a century that a mosquito’s bite can pass on brutal disease: Zika is the virus receiving the most attention now, but malaria ... are for her eggs, the nourishing ...

Professor Giorgos Christophides discusses the major research currently underway – If a small number of modified mosquitoes ...

The malaria-carrying one is mostly the female anopheles ... After the airborne portion of their life cycle, female mosquitoes usually lay eggs on the surface of water or in areas where water ...

Only a relatively small number of modified mosquitoes would need to be released for the whole population to effectively become malaria resistant, says a geneticist working on the project.