23/04/03

Two new steps toward a ‘better mosquito’

By: Martin Enserink

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<p>[BARCELONA, SPAIN] Scientists have long fantasised about the ultimate method to eradicate malaria: replacing existing mosquito populations with ones unable to spread the disease. <BR><BR>At a meeting in Barcelona last week, researchers presented two studies that could help edge that dream closer to reality. <BR><BR>Some researchers hailed the new studies as milestones, but sceptics warned that the strategy may never work in practice.<BR><BR></p>

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[BARCELONA, SPAIN] Scientists have long fantasised about the ultimate method to eradicate malaria: replacing existing mosquito populations with ones unable to spread the disease.

At a meeting in Barcelona last week, researchers presented two studies that could help edge that dream closer to reality.

Some researchers hailed the new studies as milestones, but sceptics warned that the strategy may never work in practice.