http://www.bbc.com/news/health-35024794
One step closer to the eradication of Malaria and it's blood sucking source.
One step closer to the eradication of Malaria and it's blood sucking source.
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Scientists create infertile mosquitoes
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johnnydrama
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Drunk mosquitos and bad decisions, man.
ThoseDeafMutes
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Either that or Children of Men.
Over a million people die every year from mosquito-borne diseases. Yes, it's a good idea.
Like always with those things, you need to be careful, but similar mosquito eradication efforts have been done before, and the effect on the environment seems to be minimal.
Rentahamster
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Neat, but I think I prefer the method where genetically modified males produce offspring that can't make it past the larval stage. It just ends at that step there.
Dixon's Jet
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I hate them enough to feel good about this. Who knows what will happen though.
Some scientists think that the impact would be minimal because animals that feed on mosquitoes also feed on other insects that would fill in the gap.
(I have read) There's a lot of research showing they are not a vital link in the food chain and not even a source of meaningful nutrition for bats.
Basileus777
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I'm guessing you don't live in a part of the world where malaria is a danger.
Not every mosquito spreads diseases or even bites. Only a few out of the hundreds do. Considering the massive human toll malaria takes (including my uncle, just last year! But hey, those mosquitoes just gotta live...) each year, a few species of mosquito is a small price to pay. Very.
So it seems the infertility gene only kicks in after what, a few generations? I was wondering how an infertility gene would get passed on.
I'm sure I have as well. Maybe mosquitoes are so hated, several teams on scientists have been working on the exact same thing.
I'm sure I have as well. Maybe mosquitoes are so hated, several teams on scientists have been working on the exact same thing.
univariate
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We'll just be creating a bigger monsterlike in the movies.
Rentahamster
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Would you be fine if we only wipe them out in places where they are an invasive species?
It's not a new technique, it has been employed very successfully as early as the 60s to control and eradicate a bunch of insects.
I believe the breakthroughs here is that they manage to do with the mosquito that spreads malaria.
Ban Puncher
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Sexless blood suckers?
Sounds like my ex-wife.
Sounds like my ex-wife.
It's crazy to think that we even have the tech to do this
LMAOOOOOOOOOOSexless blood suckers?
Sounds like my ex-wife.
In the year 2525, if man is still alive.
This sounds like it could go wrong in many ways, that's my uneducated movie-plot filled instant opinion.
We'll be fighting to cure human infertility caused by life sucking mutant malaria mosquitos in the 2040s I tell you!
That's if the ASI doesn't wipe us out/grant immortality before then.
This sounds like it could go wrong in many ways, that's my uneducated movie-plot filled instant opinion.
We'll be fighting to cure human infertility caused by life sucking mutant malaria mosquitos in the 2040s I tell you!
That's if the ASI doesn't wipe us out/grant immortality before then.
Good. I hate those little bastards.
Perhaps I didn't convey what I meant very well. What I meant was "would making mosquitoes extinct cause anything harm?" and my answer at the end was "naaaaah".
As in; I don't like mosquitoes.
IdreamofHIME
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Estimated that half the people that ever lived on Earth died in relation to a mosquito. You remove them from the equation, something's gotta give.
Malaria is a shit disease and this will make so many peoples Lives better in the short run, but I'd love to see some scientific projected population growths if there were no mossies around.
Sexless blood suckers?
Sounds like my ex-wife.
Lost it at the picture. Amazing post.
Weird it'll take them a decade to release them considering Malaysia already did similar thing few years back for aedes mosquito.
Principate
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We've wiped out thousands of species by now, what's one more
Bots are better than you
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I always thought that such infertile females were already in use? Or was that a chemical that made them infertile?
You, sir, deserve not only a cookie, but a whole truckload of cookies! Best laugh i had this morning.
*rimshot*Sexless blood suckers?
Sounds like my ex-wife.
internetwolf
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can scientists actually do some good and create suicidal mosquitos?
User 73706
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that only works until the kamikaze mosquitoes transfer it to humans through blood, and suddenly everyone's birthing explosive babies.
internetwolf
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AGH SCIENCE ALWAYS BACKFIRES LIKE THIS
This is not going to wipe out all mosquitoes.
Sexless blood suckers?
Sounds like my ex-wife.
hahahaha
Bedbugs can't fly large distances to mate, so this would be pointless with them.
Dear lord, that sucks.
Orbis Tabula
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They bought a couple million tiny fuzzy hats, and they've been teaching the mosquitos about negging.
Might be useful for stopping the spread of Dengue fever.
Oh, we have to wait because more safety tests required.
Source?
I would assume mosquitoes can be a source of food for fish.
Oh, we have to wait because more safety tests required.
Source?
I would assume mosquitoes can be a source of food for fish.
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