A team led by Marcelo Jacobs-Lorena of Case Western Reserve University, Ohio, made a mosquito that blocks the parasite's transmission. They took SM1, a so-called effector gene that interferes with ...

The May 23 issue of the journal "Nature" features a paper by a team of CWRU Department of Genetics scientists, led by Professor of Genetics Marcelo Jacobs-Lorena, Ph.D., that discusses research ...

Marcelo Jacobs-Lorena, a professor in the Department of Molecular Microbiology and Immunology, has been named the recipient of the Bloomberg School's 2021 Shikani El-Hibri Prize. This award recognizes ...

Courtesy of Cristina K. MoreiraAt least two years ago, scientists began creating genetically engineered mosquitoes with reduced capacity to transmit malarial parasites. But recent studies offer mixed ...