Change the sex of the mosquito

Good news for people who are frequently visited by mosquitoes and have been widely published by scientists.

Interesting findings for those who are often bitten by mosquitoes

Recently, American scientists have published an extremely important finding in killing mosquitoes - animals that mediate dangerous diseases such as malaria, dengue fever, jaundice .

Accordingly, over many years of research, Virginia Tech experts successfully isolated a gene called Nix . This gene has the effect of changing the sex of female mosquitoes to male mosquitoes , thereby turning people who suck human blood into creatures sucking plant sap and pollen.

Specifically, the team found the natural Nix gene in the male mosquito body. Then, they used CRISPR-Cas9 interventions and gene mutations to turn that gene off. The results showed that the male mosquito body developed the female genitalia after the Nix gene was disabled.

The discovery of Nix gene will initiate the period of friendly friendly mosquitoes

Continuing the experiment, they transplanted this gene into the female mosquito body. After the experiment, two-thirds of the female mosquitoes with the Nix gene were successfully transformed into male mosquitoes. That means that two-thirds of these mosquitoes will be "gentle " and never burn blood-sucking people.

From aggressive female mosquitoes, sucking human blood .

. suddenly turned into gentle male mosquitoes that only suck sap

Share before the press, Jake Tu biochemical expert Jake Tu said 'Gen Nix is ​​an opportunity for us to fight mosquitoes and infectious diseases they bring . ' In other words, manipulate the Nix gene in reality In fact, humankind can fully control mosquitoes that are still raging everywhere.

Currently, the team is continuing to study in the hope of finding an appropriate way to introduce the Nix gene into female mosquitoes. Although extremely difficult, the members still firmly believe in the success of the research.