Scientists are learning to turn the genetics of insect pests against themselves, altering the genome of familiar foes in ways that give farmers and doctors new ways to fight them. The burgeoning field offers fresh hope against old scourges such as malaria.
And it could provide shiny new tools as familiar insecticides lose their punch and climate change shuffles the deck.
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