In a groundbreaking yet controversial development, researchers backed by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation have unveiled a novel method of malaria vaccination: genetically modified mosquitoes acting as “flying syringes,” Breitbart reported.

Scientists at Leiden University Medical Center in the Netherlands developed the method, via which mosquitoes deliver modified malaria parasites directly into the human bloodstream, according to a study published in the New England Journal of Medicine.

The research involved altering malaria parasites so that they stopped developing at a certain stage. This effectively taught the immune system to recognize and fight the disease without causing a full-blown infection. The modified parasites, named GA1 and GA2, were introduced into mosquitoes, which were then used to deliver the vaccine to human test subjects via bites.

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