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[https://www.npr.org/sections/goatsandsoda/2021/07/28/1020932493/how-an-altered-strand-of-dna-can-cause-malaria-spreading-mosquitoes-to-self-dest by Rob Stein 28/7/21 npr] | [https://www.npr.org/sections/goatsandsoda/2021/07/28/1020932493/how-an-altered-strand-of-dna-can-cause-malaria-spreading-mosquitoes-to-self-dest by Rob Stein 28/7/21 npr] | ||
In the landmark study, published Wednesday in the journal Nature Communications, researchers placed the genetically modified mosquitoes in a special laboratory that simulated the conditions in sub-Saharan Africa, where they spread the deadly disease. | In the landmark study, published Wednesday in the journal Nature Communications, researchers placed the genetically modified mosquitoes in a special laboratory that simulated the conditions in sub-Saharan Africa, where they spread the deadly disease. | ||
=====Bangladesh has been effective at fighting malaria. Can it eliminate the disease?===== | |||
[https://www.npr.org/2023/09/20/1200528621/bangladesh-has-been-effective-at-fighting-malaria-can-it-eliminate-the-disease by Ari Daniel 20/9/23 npr] | |||
Malaria has plagued humanity for millennia. According to the World Health Organization, it kills more than 600,000 people a year, mostly in Africa. And that's despite enormous efforts to develop treatments and control the mosquitoes that carry the disease. There are some bright spots, though. Reporter Ari Daniel takes us to Bangladesh, a country that's slashed its malaria numbers drastically, though the parasite isn't going down without a fight. | |||
