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A secret weapon against Zika and other mosquito-borne diseases

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Nina Fedoroff |

TEDxMidAtlantic

• October 2016

Where did Zika come from, and what can we do about it? Molecular biologist Nina Fedoroff takes us around the world to understand Zika's origins and how it spread, proposing a controversial way to stop the virus -- and other deadly diseases -- by preventing infected mosquitoes from multiplying.

Where did Zika come from, and what can we do about it? Molecular biologist Nina Fedoroff takes us around the world to understand Zika's origins and how it spread, proposing a controversial way to stop the virus -- and other deadly diseases -- by preventing infected mosquitoes from multiplying.

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Nina Fedoroff writes and lectures about the history and science of genetically modified organisms.

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