Sick of Mosquitoes? Researchers Announce Groundbreaking Way to Make Humans Invisible to the Pests
Photo: Getty Scientists are getting closer to achieving invisibility — from mosquitoes, that is. Using a gene-editing tool called Crispr-Cas9, researchers have discovered a way to make humans virtually invisible in the eyes of Aedes aegypti mosquitoes, according to a new paper published in the journal Current Biology. By eliminating two of the light-sensing receptors in the mosquitoes' eyes, scientists can hinder their ability to visually track hosts. Craig Montell, a neurobiologist at the University of California, Santa Barbara, and an author of the study toldThe New York Timesthat if female mosquitoes are unable to locate an appropriate host, they will fly straight to what seems to be the next closest target....