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Mosquitos genetically modified to be malaria resistant have been developed. The mosquitoes created at John Hopkins University are somehow incapable of passing the malaria parasite and therefore they will not pass the disease along to humans. Other research has been conducted at the Imperial College of London. The GM mosquitoes would need to become dominant in the wild in order for the eradication effort to be successful. However, if the bugs were allowed to do so, it could stop a disease that causes over 1 million deaths a year.

It is thought that the bugs could be released for testing in sub-Saharan Africa for trials within the next five years.