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There is quite of bit of research activity going into making mosquitoes that act as vectors infertile, by introducing genes into populations: http://www.nature.
by danielmorozoff 10y ago
There is quite of bit of research activity going into making mosquitoes that act as vectors infertile, by introducing genes into populations:
http://www.nature.com/nbt/journal/v34/n1/full/nbt.3439.html http://www.nature.com/nbt/journal/v34/n1/full/nbt.3439.html
- WmyEE0UsWAwC2i 10y agoWhit the zika outbreak I thought, what if we could some how harden(genetics) the mosquito inmune system to fight off zika? (or any other undesirable virus) Then find a way to replace the native populations with the hardened ones. (For example some kind of selective trap) Something similar to what is currently done with livestock, which is vaccinated against many posible human patogens. I think, experimentation with mosquitoes could be more agressive that trying to find a way to cure a human. And you would not eliminate the population which could lead to problems down the road.