7-10-12: A Match for Malaria?

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Hundreds of millions of people contract the parasite malaria every year; it kills more than 800,000 people annually.

The disease is spread by mosquitoes, and scientists at Johns Hopkins have made a discovery that could stop that spread: they’ve figured out how to tweak the bugs’ immune systems so that mosquitoes can fight it off.

Leading the research is Dr. George Dimopoulos. We talk to him about the progress of his work.