Fight Malaria One Mosquito at a Time by Altering DNA

In papers published yesterday in eLife and Science, Harvard scientists including George Church reveal how Cas9/CRISPR genome editing tools can be used to create powerful "gene drives" to artificially shape the evolution of populations.

Source articles: eLife: http://dx.doi.org/10.7554/eLife.03401 Science: http://dx.doi.org/10.1126/science.1254287