There is a hope that gene-drive targeting doublesex gene can be effective in eliminating mosquitos (and likely other insect species if we want) https://www.nat

There is a hope that gene-drive targeting doublesex gene can be effective in eliminating mosquitos (and likely other insect species if we want) https://www.nature.com/articles/nbt.4245 https://www.nature.com/articles/nbt.4245. There have been many articles about this on HN last year, but there was also a depressingly large number of people commenting how precious mosquitos are, and that the maximum measure we are allowed to consider is modifying mosquitoes to not transmit malaria, and that even thinking of eliminating "the whole species" is a sin.