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World Service,04 Nov 1996,28 mins

Could mosquitos transmit the malaria vaccine?

Discovery

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A progress report on the latest antimalarial and transmission-blocked vaccines. Some of the work aimed at eradicating malaria is looking at delivering a gene back to mosquitoes which would actually vaccinate the humans they bite. Also in the programme, plans for a trip to the moon for the year 2000, the microscope that defies expectations and a strange monkey with a strange face. Presenter unknown.

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