Fighting the Zika virus

One of the Grand Challenge Israel winners is Israeli startup BioFeed.  It will use the 500,000-shekel prize money to advance its solution in the fight against the Aedes aegypti mosquito, carrier of the Zika virus. Biofeed uses odor to attract insects to poison that eliminates the pest without spraying crops.

http://www.timesofisrael.com/israeli-start-up-takes-on-grand-challenge-of-beating-zika/

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