A global health group breaks down exactly where the promise lies in using genetically modified mosquitoes to eliminate life-threatening diseases – and where they may fall short.

Discover how synthetic biology is shaping the future of disease control with genetically modified mosquitoes from Target ...

Binod Pant didn't come up with the idea of releasing fungus-infected male mosquitoes into the wild as a way to decimate ...

Scientists have long dreamed of quashing mosquito-borne diseases such as malaria, which alone kills more than 608,000 people per year. Their inventions – notably insecticide-treated bed nets – have ...

Sydney season 3, episode 6, the team faces life-threatening biohazard risks, uncovers DARPA’s secret experiments and works to ...

A major medical milestone took place in May 2025, when doctors at the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia used CRISPR-based gene editing to treat a child with a rare genetic disorder. Unlike earlier ...

US scientists say they've bred a genetically modified mosquito that can resist malaria infection. If the lab technique works in the field it could offer a new way of stopping the insects spreading the ...

Watch your back, DEET. There’s a new form of mosquito control in town — one that involves olfactory trickery, genetic engineering and a deadly infectious fungus. Researchers reported last week in the ...

Geelong has become Victoria's first municipality to deploy drones against disease-carrying mosquitoes, as victims reveal the devastating long-term impacts of infection. The City of Greater Geelong’s ...

Swiss drugmaker Novartis says it has developed the first new class of malaria treatment in about 25 years. A study of the experimental drug, GanLum, in 12 African countries found it works well against ...