Stephen Hoffman has given years of sweat—and lots of blood—on his quest to stop a global killer. Read the full article in Scientific American.|
The sign on the wall reads “Emergency Response Procedures for a Mosquito Release.”
Among them are “Do Not Leave the Room or Open Any Doors!!!” and “Do Not Panic!”
Everything in the room is white, including the lab coats and surgical masks — for sterility, yes, but also the better to see a mosquito. Hanging next to the sign, in vivid Coast Guard orange, is the last line of defense, a brace of fly swatters.
This room, the mosquito dissection lab, in an unassuming biotech park in the Washington suburbs, is at the heart of one of the most controversial |
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Like many such events, the recent White House Summit on malaria, which featured a speech and new grant announcements by Melinda Gates, was carefully choreographed with few surprises. But there was one.
President Bush began the closing keynote address by saying, “I want to thank those members of my Cabinet who are here, the ambassadors, the members of Congress, and I want to thank the social entrepreneurs who are with us today.” Bush then cited the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation as “a fantastic example of social entrepreneurship, using business acumen to address social problems.”
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