This Week in Parasitism
TWiP 51: Modifying mosquitoes with Anthony A. James
Mar 2, 2013 · 1 hr 11 min · 51.7 MB
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Hosts: Vincent Racaniello and Dickson Despommier
Guest: Anthony A. James
Special guest Anthony A. James joins Vincent and Dickson to discuss how mosquitoes can be genetically modified to control infectious diseases.
Links for this episode:- Field cage studies of modified mosquitoes (PLoS NTD)
- Flightless mosquitoes (PNAS)
- When mutant mosquitoes attack (NY Times)
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Vincent Racaniello
en.wikipedia.orgDickson Despommier
trichinella.orgAnthony A. James
faculty.uci.eduField cage studies
ncbi.nlm.nih.govFlightless
ncbi.nlm.nih.govmutant mosquitoes
nytimes.com