Biologist Anthony James ’73, Ph.D. ’79 received a $19.7 million grant from the Foundation for the National Institutes of Health in 2005 to develop methods of controlling the transmission of dengue fever, a mosquito-borne disease that occurs in tropical and subtropical areas of the world. In 2006, James and his colleagues announced they had successfully genetically engineered mosquitoes with a high resistance to the dengue fever virus. The same year, he was elected to the prestigious National Academy of Sciences.
Anthony James helps genetically engineer mosquitoes resistant to dengue fever virus
June 01, 2006