The friendly non-biting male Anopheles stephensi mosquitoes, developed by Oxitec, a UK-based biotechnology company, carry a gene that kills female offspring before they reach maturity. Only female ...

The species - Anopheles Stephensi was discovered by researchers at the Kenya Medical Research Institute (Kemri), in collaboration with the Ministry of Health's Division of National Malaria ...

Parasitology is the scientific discipline concerned with the study of the biology of parasites and parasitic diseases, including the distribution, biochemistry, physiology, molecular biology ...

The genetically-engineered and non-biting mosquitoes are hoped to stop the spread of the invasive Anopheles stephensi species. A variety of local issues featured on the BBC News website ...