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It has been tried, and works. http://www.popsci.com/genetically-modified-mosquito-knocks-out-dengue-brazilian-neighborhood http://www.popsci.com/genetically-mo

• kafkaesq 10y ago
  There have only been a handful of small-scale field studies conducted so far; whether it will "work" regionally and long-term is another matter. So while the idea looks promising, objectively speaking, it's still a work in progress.