For controlling malaria, changing the DNA of wild mosquitoes is what scientists are about to do.

A report stated that a handful of mosquitoes were taken from which they made a gene spread to most of the population in just a few generations.

Cases of malaria can come down heavily if the right gene is able to spread. The study has been termed as a breakthrough when it comes to combating malaria.

In 2008 alone, there were about one million deaths that malaria had caused, according to the World Health Organization.

Genes to disrupt the malaria parasite's development have been developed and by this method malaria-resistant mosquitoes have been created.

The problem now is spreading these genes to wild insects throughout the world from mosquitoes that are modified genetically.

A solution has been found out by scientists at Imperial College London and the University of Washington, in Seattle.

Nikolai Windbichler, the lead author of the study said, “In our mosquitoes the homing endonuclease gene is only passed on, through reproduction, directly to the carrier's offspring. This makes for a uniquely safe biological control measure that will not affect even very closely related mosquito species.”