Could malaria be wiped out by GM mosquitoes? Scientists find a way to kill off disease-carrying female of the species

Could malaria be wiped out by GM mosquitoes? Scientists find a way to kill off disease-carrying female of the species 95% of eggs laid by the GM mosquitoes hatch into male offspring If they were released into the wild, they could wipe out disease-carrying insects by denying them the opportunity to breed through lack of females It could even lead to the extinction of disease-carrying mosquitoes Malaria is spread by disease-infected female mosquitoes who bite humans British scientists could have found the key to wiping out malaria-carrying mosquitoes - by developing a genetically modified species that produces just male offspring. In lab tests they have modified mosquitoes to produce sperm that will only create males, pioneering a fresh approach to eradicating malaria. Genetically modified mosquitoes that almost exclusively produce male offspring could wipe out malaria The new genetic method distorts the sex ratio of Anopheles gambiae mosquitoes, the main transmitters of the malaria parasite. In the first laboratory tests, the method created a fully fertile mosquito strain that produced 95 per cent male offspring, the study published in the journal Nature Communications revealed.