The parasite that causes malaria has evolved to evade many of the drugs that researchers have developed to fight the tropical disease.

Plasmodium falciparum has shown an ability to evade everything we throw at it, most recently artemisinin-based combination therapies, today’s front-line treatment.

The large-scale experiments aim to test how the technology would fare in the wild, if deployed to knock down populations of the pests.

Researchers used the genome sequence of Artemisia annua to boost the plant’s production of artemisinin.

The parasite changes people’s scent, primarily due to an increase in aldehydes.

Geckos could help control mosquito-borne diseases, but their effectiveness depends on the environment.

In lab populations of genetically engineered mosquitoes, mutations arose that blocked the gene drive’s spread and restored female fertility.

Introducing genetic changes into mosquito populations could be key to effective malaria control.

For years, researchers have looked to genetically modify mosquitoes to prevent the spread of malaria. Now they have a promising strategy.