Scienceline
Wolbachia: Bacteria that are saving lives
- Author: Vários
- Narrator: Vários
- Publisher: Podcast
- Duration: 0:09:06
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Synopsis
In this podcast, Scienceline speaks with Fred Rubino, a postdoctoral researcher at New York University, who studies Wolbachia and their survival in fruit flies. Also, Cameron Simmons, Director of Impact Assessment at the World Mosquito Program, talks about how Wolbachia-infected mosquitoes are made, deployed, and the current challenges of both these bacteria and controlling diseases like dengue.