Malaria, dengue fever, and a good deal of other diseases transmitted by mosquitoes have been killing people for millenia. Methods like environmental chemical spraying, mosquito nets, and DEET are essentially bandages for a much deeper problem. Here’s Hadyn Parry, CEO of Oxitec, at TEDSalon London, talking about how his company is using genetically modified mosquitoes to infiltrate native populations and render them effectively sterile:
Link: Oxitec company homepage…