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, it was announced Wednesday.
The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation grant will also allow researchers to mitigate hazards associated with using gene-editing systems in the wild, according to UC San Diego.
Bier and his colleagues at UC San Diego and elsewhere are working on next-generation gene drive systems based on CRISPR, a technology used for editing genes.When deployed, these technologies could potentially spread through mosquito populations in one season — immunizing mosquitoes against malarial parasites or acting as genetic insecticides — and decreasing the insects' numbers.
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.
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