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Re:Gene drive used to turn all female mosquitos sterile by JamesBarney on Friday September 28, 2018 @12:34PM (#18094710)
Yeah, but this has to be weighed against the fact that every year we wait a half a million African children die.
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Re:Gene drive used to turn all female mosquitos sterile by aaron_m04 on Friday September 28, 2018 @03:34PM (#18096362)
OK, but can you even guarantee an upper bound on the damage of this gene drive getting out of control? For all we know, it could result in even more lives lost. We would be so screwed if, for example, all insects became extinct.
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Re:Gene drive used to turn all female mosquitos sterile by JamesBarney on Friday September 28, 2018 @08:25PM (#18098029)
How would this happen? Insects are very different genetically, and can't even come close to cross breeding, which is how the gene drive is spread.
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