Target Malaria

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Despite being preventable and treatable, malaria remains deadly and progress is stalling, which means new tools are needed. #NowWeCanNowWeMust #EndMalaria

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Gene drive increases the chance of inheritance so a chosen genetic trait spreads through a mosquito population. It is a new tool being explored to reduce malaria transmission in Sub-Saharan Africa....

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Gene drive could complement bed nets, insecticides, and vaccines; investment in research needs to be increased. Gene drive increases the chance of inheritance so a chosen genetic trait spreads thro...

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At Target Malaria, we are working to develop gene drive mosquitoes that carry a genetic modification aimed at reducing the number of malaria mosquitoes, with only four out of over 600 species of mo...

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During the webinar, Dr Jonathan Kayondo, Principal Investigator for Target Malaria Uganda at the Uganda Virus Research Institute, spoke with Abdulkabir Adenopo about why malaria research offers exc...

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Le paludisme est une maladie mortelle qui fait plus de 600 000 victimes chaque année. Les mesures actuelles de lutte contre le paludisme, telles que les moustiquaires, les insecticides et les méd...

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Target Malaria étudie une modification génétique qui altère la fertilité des moustiques femelles afin de réduire le nombre de moustiques vecteurs du paludisme en Afrique subsaharienne. La série d...

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Avant toute utilisation future de moustiques à impulsion génétique, des études approfondies sur la sûreté doivent être menées afin de garantir que notre technologie est sûre et efficace. La série d...

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La mise au point de moustiques à impulsion génétique est un processus long et minutieux qui débute dans les laboratoires confinés de l'Imperial College de Londres, où l'on identifie les modificatio...

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Before any future use of gene drive mosquitoes, extensive safety studies must be completed to ensure our technology is safe and effective. The gene drive video series is a series of four videos exp...

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Developing gene drive mosquitoes is a long and meticulous process that begins in contained laboratories at Imperial College London to identify the most promising genetic modification for malaria co...

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Target Malaria is exploring a genetic modification which alters the fertility of female mosquitoes to reduce the number of malaria-transmitting mosquitoes in sub-Saharan Africa. The gene drive vide...

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Malaria is a deadly disease, claiming the lives of over 600,000 people every year. Current interventions against malaria such as bed nets, insecticides, drugs have helped save millions of lives but...

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November is Africa Youth Month, and this year we spotlighted two scientists working to #EndMalaria in Uganda. Rita Mwima and Hudson Onen of #TargetMalariaUganda at Uganda Virus Research Institut...

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Relive Krystal's segment at the 2025 Goalkeepers event called Preventing Malaria in Children with Krystal Birungi. When it comes to saving children’s lives, we can’t stop at almost. #Goalkeepers2030

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La Minute Moustique est une série de courtes animations qui présentent des faits amusants et informatifs sur les moustiques. #TargetMalaria #JourneeMondialeDuMoustique

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La Minute Moustique est une série de courtes animations qui présentent des faits amusants et informatifs sur les moustiques. #TargetMalaria #JourneeMondialeDuMoustique

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La Minute Moustique est une série de courtes animations qui présentent des faits amusants et informatifs sur les moustiques. #TargetMalaria #JourneeMondialeDuMoustique

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