# Re-engineering mosquitos to fight disease

- 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](https://www.ted.com/talks/hadyn_parry_re_engineering_mosquitos_to_fight_disease)
- Licence: [CC BY-NC-ND 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/) (Non-commercial use only, and no changed versions.)
- Who can watch: Teens profiles and older (sources give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the source's own words)

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.

## Lectures

1. [Re-engineering mosquitos to fight disease](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/ted/hadyn_parry_re_engineering_mosquitos_to_fight_disease/3f66519f4b54), 14 min (TED's player)