New study shows ability of transgenic fungi to combat malaria and other bug-borne diseases

Saturday, February 26, 2011 - 12:00 in Biology & Nature

New findings by a University of Maryland-led team of scientists indicate that a genetically engineered fungus carrying genes for a human anti-malarial antibody or a scorpion anti-malarial toxin could be a highly effective, specific and environmentally friendly tool for combating malaria, at a time when the effectiveness of current pesticides against malaria mosquitoes is declining...

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