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A new technology could make diseases like Zika a thing of the past. But should we use it?
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The CDC on Zika:
http://www.cdc.gov/zika
Vox explains Zika virus in 6 charts:
http://bit.ly/1POrNjA
Scientific American on what it would take to establish a causal relationship between Zika and microcephaly:
http://bit.ly/1Q4LPAt
The New York Times on a possible link between Zika and Guillain-Barré:
http://nyti.ms/1POs4Dd
NPR on releasing GM mosquitoes to fight Zika:
http://n.pr/1nxV5WX
NOVA Next piece on the CRISPR gene drive:
http://to.pbs.org/1PK4D7I
MIT Tech Review piece on using CRISPR to create a mosquito that can’t spread malaria:
http://bit.ly/1WVJkWI
Paper explaining the potential applications of gene drives, and also the ethical issues, written by scientists:
http://elifesciences.org/content/3/e0...
Wired on the ethics of CRISPR:
http://bit.ly/23CkEaf
NOVA Next on using CRISPR to edit human embryos:
http://to.pbs.org/1PtVMvl
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Host, Writer, Editor, Animator
Anna Rothschild
Many Thanks to Dr. Kevin Esvelt and Jeffrey Wood
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Music Provided by APM
Original Footage
©WGBH Educational Foundation
Footage and Images
The Mosquito Killing with Human Blood
Pond5/azuri
Zika virus in blood, illustration
Kateryna Kon/Science Photo Library
Countries and territories with active Zika virus transmission—Map
CDC
File:Zika.Virus.Rash.Arm.2014
Wikimedia Commons/FRED
Baby belly
Wikimedia Commons/David Roseborough from Los Angeles, United States
Baby with Microcephaly
CDC
Distribution of Aedes mosquitoes in the US—Map
CDC
d2623-8 (Aedes aegypti)
Flickr/USDA
Dead Mosquito (Note: This is actually a dance fly--many thanks to Morgan Jackson for pointing it out.)
Flickr/b o w n o s e
Pinky
Pinky and the Brain
File:Anopheles stephensi
Wikimedia Commons/CDC
File: Plasmodium falciparum 02
Wikimedia Commons/Lukas.S
Chikungunya (Chikungunya mosquito)
Flickr/CDC Global
List of mosquito genera
Wikipedia
Malaria Geography—Map
CDC
SFX
Cockroaches
Freesound/StateAardvark
(used with permission from author)
Squeak Pack/squeak_10
Freesound/Corsica_S
Ding Ding Small Bell
Freesound/Johnsonbrandediting
Poof of Smoke
Freesound/Planman
Scissors
Freesound/Suzzy457
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A new technology could make diseases like Zika a thing of the past. But should we use it?
Subscribe! http://bit.ly/1FkxVLb ‖ Twitter! twitter.com/gross_science ‖ Tumblr! http://grossscience.tumblr.com
↓Want more info?↓
The CDC on Zika:
http://www.cdc.gov/zika
Vox explains Zika virus in 6 charts:
http://bit.ly/1POrNjA
Scientific American on what it would take to establish a causal relationship between Zika and microcephaly:
http://bit.ly/1Q4LPAt
The New York Times on a possible link between Zika and Guillain-Barré:
http://nyti.ms/1POs4Dd
NPR on releasing GM mosquitoes to fight Zika:
http://n.pr/1nxV5WX
NOVA Next piece on the CRISPR gene drive:
http://to.pbs.org/1PK4D7I
MIT Tech Review piece on using CRISPR to create a mosquito that can’t spread malaria:
http://bit.ly/1WVJkWI
Paper explaining the potential applications of gene drives, and also the ethical issues, written by scientists:
http://elifesciences.org/content/3/e0...
Wired on the ethics of CRISPR:
http://bit.ly/23CkEaf
NOVA Next on using CRISPR to edit human embryos:
http://to.pbs.org/1PtVMvl
--
Host, Writer, Editor, Animator
Anna Rothschild
Many Thanks to Dr. Kevin Esvelt and Jeffrey Wood
Resume Play
Music Provided by APM
Original Footage
©WGBH Educational Foundation
Footage and Images
The Mosquito Killing with Human Blood
Pond5/azuri
Zika virus in blood, illustration
Kateryna Kon/Science Photo Library
Countries and territories with active Zika virus transmission—Map
CDC
File:Zika.Virus.Rash.Arm.2014
Wikimedia Commons/FRED
Baby belly
Wikimedia Commons/David Roseborough from Los Angeles, United States
Baby with Microcephaly
CDC
Distribution of Aedes mosquitoes in the US—Map
CDC
d2623-8 (Aedes aegypti)
Flickr/USDA
Dead Mosquito (Note: This is actually a dance fly--many thanks to Morgan Jackson for pointing it out.)
Flickr/b o w n o s e
Pinky
Pinky and the Brain
File:Anopheles stephensi
Wikimedia Commons/CDC
File: Plasmodium falciparum 02
Wikimedia Commons/Lukas.S
Chikungunya (Chikungunya mosquito)
Flickr/CDC Global
List of mosquito genera
Wikipedia
Malaria Geography—Map
CDC
SFX
Cockroaches
Freesound/StateAardvark
(used with permission from author)
Squeak Pack/squeak_10
Freesound/Corsica_S
Ding Ding Small Bell
Freesound/Johnsonbrandediting
Poof of Smoke
Freesound/Planman
Scissors
Freesound/Suzzy457
Produced by WGBH for PBS Digital Studios
