In this episode, Dr Chia spills the tea on her latest science adventure – giving her mosquitoes a bit of a gut makeover. Yep, she and her team played around with the bacteria in mosquitoes bellies to see if they could turn these tiny vampires into malaria fighting machines.
Turns out, giving their immune systems a little boost with friendly bacteria might do the trick!
She also dishes out some wild facts about malaria and mosquitoes that just might make you the most interesting person at your next dinner party.
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