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Interesting Genetic Engineering

PorterStarrByrd

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Interesting info


Now .. if they could just eliminate the mosquitos permantly ...
I'm lucky enough to live where malaria does not but I still hate the itching ...

Or maybe somebody knows why it is a good idea to have them not on the endangered list ...
 

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Mosquitoes are fish and bird food. :D
 

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I think driving any species to extinction is best avoided if their is a way to do it.

The engineering just makes it harder for the parasite to do well in the mosquito.