Quek built an algorithm to search for signs of viruses in mosquito RNA, Mark Taylor, the senior study author and a LSTM parasitologist, told Live Science in an email. "In an inspired 'lightbulb ...

Their study, which was published in Nature Chemical Biology, paves the way for new therapies that can "unfreeze" these RNA structures to combat other mosquito-borne RNA viruses. "We know that Zika ...

What are some CRISPR-based strategies for insect control that you have developed? We recently developed a new technology that uses CRISPR to block viral transmission. There are CRISPR ribonucleases ...