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Re-engineering mosquitos to fight disease

Hadyn Parry · TED

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About

In a single year, there are 200-300 million cases of malaria and 50-100 million cases of dengue fever worldwide. So: Why haven't we found a way to effectively kill mosquitos yet? Hadyn Parry presents a fascinating solution: genetically engineering male mosquitos to make them sterile, and releasing the insects into the wild, to cut down on disease-carrying species.

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Credits and licence

Institution
TED
Department
TEDSalon London Fall 2012
Speaker
Hadyn Parry
Year
2012
Level
For everyone
Language
English
Subjects
Biology, Medicine and health, Engineering
Source
TED
Licence
CC BY-NC-ND 4.0, as TED states it. Non-commercial use only, and no changed versions. TED's terms
Attribution
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