In Depth: How a ‘Mosquito Factory’ in Southern China Could Help Fight Disease

In a nondescript building in a technology center in the southern Chinese metropolis of Guangzhou, Guangdong province, a team of scientists has declared war on mosquitos.

It may seem odd, then, that their 3,500-square-foot workshop can produce 10 million of them each week. But these are no conventional mosquitos: They are programmed for insect genocide. Theirs is a suicide mission on a population level.