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This led me down a rabbit hole into the sterile insect technique, where large numbers of sterile insects are released to reduce the population. Looks like Alph
by brownbat 6y ago
This led me down a rabbit hole into the sterile insect technique, where large numbers of sterile insects are released to reduce the population.
Looks like Alphabet's Verily has been testing it on mosquitoes in Fresno:
https://blog.debug.com/2020/04/nature-biotechnology-features-debug.html https://blog.debug.com/2020/04/nature-biotechnology-features...
- branko_d 6y ago> large numbers of sterile insects are released to reduce the population This has been done successfully on the flash-eating screwworm: https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2020/05/flesh-eating-worms-disease-containment-america-panama/611026/ https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2020/05/flesh-ea...
- wil421 6y agoFlorida has been doing some form of mosquito release for a while. Here’s an example.[1] [1] https://www.nbcnews.com/health/health-news/miami-s-new-mosquitoes-carry-sterility-bug-n842696 https://www.nbcnews.com/health/health-news/miami-s-new-mosqu...