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

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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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[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago (9 children)

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

What's the mosquito question?

[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 year ago (7 children)

Q: How do we destroy the ecosystem?

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago (2 children)

A: by standing idly while the deadliest creature on Earth continues to kill the innocent

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Humans?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

humans have a propensity to believe they're the main character

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

Mosquitoes are actually the main character

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

Malaria and dengue? So does that mean we eliminate all bird because of bird flu yes?

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