Raising mosquitoes to tackle disease might sound like an odd concept, but that’s what a facility in Brazil is aiming to do. Millions of mosquitoes are produced there every week, but these insects carry harmless&nbsp;Wolbachia&nbsp;bacteria that curbs their ability to spread deadly human viruses.&nbsp;Nature&nbsp;reporter Mariana Lenharo visited the facility and told us all about her experience in this Podcast Extra.News:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-025-02728-y" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">This is the world’s largest ‘mosquito factory’: its goal is to stop dengue</a>Video:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-3NcbTDRS_0" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Inside a mosquito factory</a><a href="https://www.nature.com/briefing/signup" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Subscribe to Nature Briefing, an unmissable daily round-up of science news, opinion and analysis free in your inbox every weekday.</a><hr> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.

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