Fighting mosquitoes with mosquitoes

The World

Researchers are getting promising results reducing disease-carrying mosquito populations through gene-altering techniques. At the same time they’re on the lookout for unintended consequences as they move the science from the lab to the wild. The World’s Elana Gordon reports.

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