Alphabet's Verily Joins Zika Fight With Sterile Mosquito Lab

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Alphabet's Verily Joins Zika Fight With Sterile Mosquito Lab

Bloomberg‎ - 2 days ago

Alphabet Inc.'s health technology company, Verily Life Sciences LLC, is joining the fight ...

sterile

ˈstɛrʌɪl/

adjective

1. 1.

   not able to produce children or young.

   "the disease had made him sterile"
2. 2.

   free from bacteria or other living microorganisms; totally clean.

   "a sterile needle and syringes"