Fungus Cures Mosquitoes of Malaria

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Scientists are trying a new approach to stop the spread of malaria: Rather than attempt to kill the mosquitoes outright, they’re using a genetically-altered fungus to kill the parasite in the mosquitoes who spread it, NPR reports. “The trick we did was to engineer the fungus so that it produces…

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