As our understanding of biology grows more sophisticated, so do our attempts to use plants and animals to rein in threats in our environment. Australian scientists working with Vietnam's Ministry of Health are experimenting with tiny, one mm.-long crustaceans called MESOCYCLOPS, which fight dengue fever by eating the larvae of mosquitoes that carry it. Villagers in Vietnam transferred the shellfish into mosquito breeding grounds where they are not usually found.
As our understanding of biology grows more sophisticated, so do our attempts to use plants and animals to rein in threats in our environment. Australian scientists working with Vietnam's Ministry of Health are experimenting with tiny, one mm.-long crustaceans called MESOCYCLOPS, which fight dengue fever by eating the larvae of mosquitoes that carry it. Villagers in Vietnam transferred the shellfish into mosquito breeding grounds where they are not usually found.
As our understanding of biology grows more sophisticated, so do our attempts to use plants and animals to rein in threats in our environment. Australian scientists working with Vietnam's Ministry of Health are experimenting with tiny, one mm.-long crustaceans called MESOCYCLOPS, which fight dengue fever by eating the larvae of mosquitoes that carry it. Villagers in Vietnam transferred the shellfish into mosquito breeding grounds where they are not usually found.
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