New weapon: Mutant fungus could help fight malaria
London: In a cramped London laboratory filledwithtesttubes,bacteria and mosquitoes, scientists are trying to engineer a new weapon in the battle against malaria: a mutant fungus.
For years, Angray Kang at Westminster University and colleagues
have been testing whether they could genetically tweak a fungus to kill the malaria parasite carried by mosquitoes.
Publication Date:
08/04/2011