Name: Re-engineering mosquitos to fight disease
Uploaded: 2013-01-03T16:04:24Z
Duration: 13 min 40 s
Description: 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.

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.

Hadyn Parry: Re-engineering mosquitos to fight disease

Re-engineering mosquitos to fight disease

Mosquitos, not lions or sharks, claim the title of the most dangerous animal, responsible for more human deaths than wars and plagues.

Dengue fever's escalation, from obscurity to affecting up to 100 million annually, underscores the inadequacy of current mosquito control.

Innovative gene tech in mosquitos offers new hope—releasing genetically modified males to drastically reduce disease-carrying populations.