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Strickler's Disease came to
New York like a thief in the night.
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Threatening to steal
an our children from before our eyes.
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Deputy Director of the Centers
for Disease Control.
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The illness was cunning.
The killer was a kind, it's deadly
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Neither a cure nor a vaccine
could be found.
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We at the CDC had to contain it
before it could spread Island.
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So we went after its carrier
the common cockroach.
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Or rather, she did.
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Doctor Tyler stop a case
of Strickler's for six months.
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Doctor Susan Tyler.
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Professor of Entomology
at the New York State University.
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Thank you, Peter.
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I don't think I need to
tell you New Yorkers
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just how resilient
the common cockroach is.
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Since it has proven to
be virtually immune to chemical control.
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We had to find a new avenue
of attack.
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So, with the aid of genetics labs
across the country.
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We recombined termite
and mantid DNA to create a counter agent
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a new species
to be our six-legged ally
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in wiping out
the roach population.
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We call it the "Judas" breed.
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Once in contact
with the Judas' secretions.
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The common roaches were infected
with an enzyme.
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- Come on, Susan. You're missing it.
- The common roaches ate,