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Malaria will be eradicated by CRISPR if anything. It's almost a waste to try and fully eliminate it any other way.
by JustAnotherPat 9y ago
Malaria will be eradicated by CRISPR if anything. It's almost a waste to try and fully eliminate it any other way.
- itissid 9y agoNot so simple.. https://www.economist.com/news/science-and-technology/21725282-resistance-inevitable-promising-means-pest-control-meets-some-evolutionary https://www.economist.com/news/science-and-technology/217252...
- hopscotch 9y agoThere is a relatively easy and proven way to eliminate Malaria already: Malaria was effectively eradicated in all but the poorest areas in the 1950s and 60s through vector management: indoor residual spraying, building better houses, eradicating still water near population centers. The same can be done in sub-Saharan Africa (the main place it remains). In fact, in the richer areas of these countries, Malaria has a very low prevalence. It's a disease of poverty. Drugs help, but it's mostly about the vector.