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• The race against time to defeat mosquito-borne diseases, Financial Times. 18 June 2024.

• ‘The new rock n roll stars of our time’: Photographer Rankin swaps celebrities for scientists, The Telegraph. 25 April 2023.

• Time to innovate: Malaria in a changing world, Imperial College London. 18 April 2023.

• Sonifying malaria research, Imperial College London. 22 February 2023.

• 8 innovative ways Imperial is tackling malaria, by Hayley Dunning, Claudia Cannon + Elinor Pegler. Imperial College London. 25 April 2022.

• Genetic engineering test with mosquitoes ‘may be game changer’ in eliminating malaria, by Linda Geddes. The Guardian. 28 July 2021.

• How an altered strand of DNA can cause malaria-spreading mosquitoes to self-destruct, by Rob Stein. NPR. 28 July 2021.

• Malarial mosquitoes suppressed in experiments that mimic natural environments, by Hayley Dunning. Imperial College London. 28 July 2021.

by Hayley Dunning
Malaria mosquitoes eliminated in lab by creating all-male populations
// 11 May 2020

• Malaria mosquitoes eliminated in lab by creating all-male populations, by Hayley Dunning. Imperial College London. 11 May 2020.

• Gene editing and the war against malaria, by Ethan Bier + Elliott Sober. American Scientist. 1 May 2020.

by Megan Scudellari
Self-destructing mosquitoes and sterilized rodents: the promise of gene drives
// 9 July 2019

• Scientists model ‘gene drive’ for malaria carrier insect, by Clive Cookson. The Financial Times. 24 April 2019.

• Using gene drives to control wild mosquito populations and wipe out malaria, by Andrea Crisanti + Kyros Kyrou. The Conversation. 21 December 2018.

• A genetically modified organism could end malaria and save millions of lives — if we decide to use it, by Dylan Matthews. Vox. 26 September 2018.

• Gene editing could eliminate mosquitoes, but is it a good idea?, by Michael Nedelman. CNN. 25 September 2018.

• Mosquitoes that can carry malaria eliminated in lab experiments, by Hayley Dunning. Imperial College London. 24 September 2018.

by Nicholas Wade
Giving malaria a deadline
// 24 September 2018

• Malaria mosquitoes wiped out in lab trials of gene drive technique, by Kate Kelland. Reuters News. 24 September 2018.

• Six ways Imperial researchers are working to eliminate malaria, by Hayley Dunning. Imperial College London. 25 April 2017.

• Gene drive for Malaria control. Andrea Crisanti TED Talk at TEDxWarwick. 4 April 2017.

by Michael Specter
Rewriting the code of life
// 25 December 2016

• Kill all the mosquitoes?!, by Jerry Adler. Smithsonian Magazine. 1 June 2016.

• Should we wipe mosquitoes off the face of the Earth?, by Archie Bland. The Guardian. 10 February 2016.

• Modified mosquitoes could help fight against malaria, by Hayley Dunning. Imperial College London. 7 December 2015.

• Scientists wipe out malaria-carrying mosquitoes in lab with male-only offspring, by Hayley Dunning. Imperial College London. 10 June 2014.

• Building a better bug, by Stephan Faris. The Atlantic. 15 October 2011.

• Malaria could be genetically modified out of mosquitoes, scientists say, by Cyrus Farivar. Deutsche Welle. 27 April 2011.

• Scientists prove new technology to control malaria-carrying mosquitoes, by Simon Levey. Imperial College London. 27 April 2011.

• Genetic breakthrough may stop mosquitoes spreading malaria, by Steve Connor. The Independent. 21 April 2011.

• Scientists manipulate mosquitoes in malaria fight, by Kate Kelland. Reuters News. 20 April 2011.

• Why we need the male mozzie, by Roger Highfield. The Telegraph. 27 March 2007.

• Malaria: GM mosquitoes offer new hope for millions, by Ian Sample. The Guardian. 20 March 2007.

• Scientists go for glow to tackle malaria, by Mike Shanahan. SciDev.net. 10 October 2005.

• Scientists create GM mosquitoes to fight malaria and save thousands of lives, by David Adam. The Guardian. 10 October 2005.

• Scientists plan to wipe out malaria with GM mosquitoes, by James Meek. The Guardian. 3 September 2001.