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Re:Gene drive used to turn all female mosquitos sterile by Amezarak on Friday September 28, 2018 @08:38AM (#18092813)
The Aedes genus of mosquitoes are an invasive species in most of the world that was introduced by human activity in the first place.

I am extremely wary of genetic engineering and think it should probably be illegal and all research on the subject destroyed (because of the threat it poses to humanity), but I will admit to some ambivalence when it comes to eradicating an invasive species that had sickened and killed millions of people.

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Re:Gene drive used to turn all female mosquitos sterile by SketchySeaBeast on Friday September 28, 2018 @09:29AM (#18093129)
> The Aedes genus of mosquitoes are an invasive species in most of the world that was introduced by human activity in the first place.

Life, uh, finds a way. While it was an invasive species, it's now part of the respective ecosystems. Setting up a bunch of houses in the middle of a grassland is invasive, but you may not make life better by trying to burn it down during the dry season.

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