460 - World Malaria Day: Genetically Modified Mosquitoes
Public Health On Call
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Introduction
Stephanie desmond talks to george mopolis from the johns hopkins malaria research institute about his work aimed at preventing illness in mosquitoes instead of humans. They discuss how genetically engineered mosquitoes that can't carry the malaria parasite could be a game changer in preventing malaria, which kills 400 thousand people a year. The first descriptions of malaria are found in ancient chinese medical records forty two thousand years ago.
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