Researchers have managed to genetically modify mosquitoes so that they are not able to spread malaria. This can affect the incidence rate of millions of people in different countries of the world.
Malaria is a very dangerous disease that is spread by mosquito bites. Researchers at the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation’s Institute for Disease Modeling have genetically modified mosquitoes to slow the growth of malaria-causing parasites in the gut. And this can help prevent the transmission of the disease from insects to humans.
These artificial mosquitoes produce compounds that interfere with the growth of parasites, which provoke malaria. As a result, parasites cannot reach the salivary glands of mosquitoes at all to be transmitted through their bites into the human body. If they get there, it is almost at the very moment of the death of the insects, which reduces the risk of contracting malaria many times. It should be noted that Bill Gates considers malaria one of the most dangerous diseases for humanity, for many years he has been investing hundreds of millions of dollars in the development of various ways to prevent and treat this insidious disease.
This technique, as studies have shown, significantly reduces the prevalence of infections in the laboratory. But now it remains to test it in real conditions, that is, in practice. If its effectiveness is confirmed there, then humanity will have at its disposal a fairly powerful preventive tool against one of the most insidious tropical diseases.