Share this on WhatsApp Every year more than 600,000 people die from mosquito-transmitted malaria, most of them children under age five. Some insects that are disease vectors, such as mosquitoes, are currently expanding their range around the world, bringing new threats. Genetic engineering can fix this by permanently altering insect genes through what is known … Continue reading Gene Drives Could Fight Malaria and Other Global Killers but Might Have Unintended Consequences