First ever gene-edited ticks offer new weapons against Lyme disease

From diabetes to rare blood disease, CRISPR gene-editing technology is changing the way we tackle many threats to public health, and there are few bigger than those posed by vector-borne diseases carried by tiny critters. We've seen much exciting progress made in genetically modifying mosquitos to slow the spread of malaria, and now scientists have leveraged the technology to demonstrate gene-editing in ticks for the first time, a significant breakthrough in the battle against Lyme disease.

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