Genetically modified mosquito larva. Inverted microscope image of larva of the mosquito (Anopheles stephensi),glowing red under ultraviolet light. The gene for DsRed,a red fluorescent protein,has been introduced into the mosquito genome from the coral Discosoma sp. Placing a gene from one organism into the genome of another is called transgenics. The red glow shows that the DsRed gene has been successfully introduced. This raises hopes that a gene could be introduced that would make the mosquitoes unable to carry the Plasmodium sp. protozoa that cause malaria,which would save millions of lives | |
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Credit: | Science Photo Library / Stammers, Sinclair |
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