Transgenic fungi may be able to combat malaria and other bug-borne diseases
Thursday, February 24, 2011 - 17:32
in Biology & Nature
New findings 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.