GM Mosquito Offers Hope in Fight Against Malaria
University of California, San Francisco
Plasmodia, the parasite that causes malaria, invade a cell.
University of California, San Francisco
Plasmodia, the parasite that causes malaria, invade a cell.
Malaria cases are increasing, in part because the parasite has learned how to fight off many new drugs. Scientists are hoping to stop the disease at its source -- by redesigning the mosquito that carries malaria. NPR's Christopher Joyce reports.
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