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The gamble: can genetically-modified mosquitoes end disease? (www.irishtimes.com)

submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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The gene engineering technology they are using could, in just a few generations – a matter of months when it comes to mosquitoes – make every member of the species that transmits malaria here, the Anopheles coluzzii, effectively immune to the parasite.

We need a Final Solution to the mosquito question, not this hogwash

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[–] adespoton 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

No?

GM mosquitoes was tried in Florida. They cross-bred with malaria-susceptible mosquitoes to create a new variant that can out-compete ALL the local variants while also carrying malaria. Not really how they planned things to go.

[–] ininewcrow 3 points 1 year ago

Bio-engineering at this point in history where scientists are just still learning about the basics and combined with industry that wants to monetize everything .... is like watching a smart teenager tearing apart a working Ferrari and telling you that they can build a better car.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Was thinking plot twist, supermosquito that spreads superdisease. Pardon me while I go cry.