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Re:Gene drive used to turn all female mosquitos sterile by konschubert on Friday September 28, 2018 @08:36AM (#18092803)
The plan is not to eliminate all mosquitos, just certain species.
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Re:Gene drive used to turn all female mosquitos sterile by fiblye on Friday September 28, 2018 @08:48AM (#18092857)
That's the plan.

Humanity's plans to eliminate specific animal populations through introduction of other species, disease, or similar means have always backfired.

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Re:Gene drive used to turn all female mosquitos sterile by memebox3v on Friday September 28, 2018 @01:06PM (#18094985)
All the comments advising caution are unpopular. I didnt expect hacker news people to be so gung ho. But then again maybe I should have expected hubris.
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