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Do Africans Want Genetically Modified Mosquitoes?
Utibe Effiong, MPH ’14
Genetically modifying mosquitoes to control infectious disease is not a new idea. But all consequences—the good and the bad—of such an intervention must be adequately vetted. And importantly, argues physician and alum Utibe Effiong, local communities should have a say in the process.