Thursday, 2 June 2016

The Gates Foundation is trying to stop Zika by giving mosquitos a sexually transmitted disease

The Gates Foundation is trying to stop Zika by giving mosquitos a sexually transmitted disease

The approach releases bugs with a bacteria that would render them and their offspring unable to transmit disease. Ordinarily the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation is in the business of stopping diseases rather than spreading them. When it comes to mosquitoes, though, the foundation is funding an approach that aims to spread a disease among mosquitoes that would prevent those bugs from spreading Zika and other diseases.
Read more: http://snapzu.com/zritic/the-gates-foundation-is-trying-to-stop-zika-by-giving-mosquitos-a-sexually-transmitted-disease

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