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Beating malaria
A PROFESSOR who is researching how to genetically modify mosquitoes so they can not spread malaria has visited science students at Sir John Deane’s College.
Professor Paul Eggleston gave a lunchtime talk, entitled Malaria, Mosquitoes and Man, on Tuesday October 18.
Professor Eggleston has spent over 25 years studying mosquitoes which, he argues, are the deadliest animals in the world in terms of the number of human deaths they cause.
He told the students that a person dies every five seconds from malaria, and that the parasite is becoming resistant to the drugs used to treat the disease.
Professor Eggleston thinks it is unlikely we will ever have a malaria vaccine – so genetically modifying mosquitoes so they can’t carry these parasitic diseases seems the best option.
And he told the students that the first genetically modified mosquitoes were released in the last six months.
Pauline Lowrie, Head of Biology at SJD, said: “Professor Eggleston’s talk about his work was fascinating for our students and we are extremely grateful that he gave up his time to visit us.”
Pictured are Kiran Bashir, Jonathan Hay and Nicola Wallace with Professor Paul Eggleston, Professor of Molecular Entomology at Keele University.
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