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Genetically Engineered Malaria-Resistant Mosquito

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the tse-tse dept.

David_Bloom writes "According to this Yahoo! News article, a team of German and American genenetic engineering experts have successfully created a malaria-resistant mosquito. Sounds good, but the scientists are still unsure about how to actually apply this to the world's large mosquito population."

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  1. Don't need quinine anymore by ObviousGuy · · Score: 4, Interesting

    Just make sure that you're only bitten by these malaria-resistant mosquitoes.

    Wonder if it's possible if they could introduce this new species in the old environment and have it wipe out the old kind. That's what they do with killer bees, they replace the killer queen with a homely queen and all the bees born thereafter and normal and well-adjusted.

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  2. Why can't they make mosquitos... by afabbro · · Score: 2, Interesting
    ...that FRIGGIN' DON'T BITE HUMANS!

    You know, I can put this liquid on my dog's skin and for three months, he's immune to fleas. Completely immune - they die if they touch him. Why isn't there something like this for humans?

    Personally, I favor pulling back to suborbital range, saturation bombing the planet with DEET until it's livable, and then coming back.

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