This mosquito bite could change your life forever

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Published May 17, 2026

What starts as a tiny mosquito bite could lead to a devastating disease called elephantiasis — causing massive swelling, pain, and disability. But scientists are fighting back. In rural Ghana, Favour tries to find out how biologists like Evangeline Baaba Takyiwaa Edu of the TaKEOff project are trying to defeat Elephantiasis. #scienceunlocked

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