Carmel Valley resident discusses recent work on study that shows genetic-based ways to fight malaria

Carmel Valley resident discusses recent work on study that shows genetic-based ways to fight malaria

Ethan Bier, a UC San Diego cell and developmental biology professor who lives in Carmel Valley, was part of a study released July 23 that shows genetic-based ways to fight malaria. The mosquitoes that spread the disease have developed immunity to some of the insecticides that have previously helped reduce the spread, Bier said in an interview. There were nearly 600,000 malaria deaths in 2023, the most recent year that data is available from the …