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Florida Keys to see release of first genetically modified mosquitoes
2021-04-18
[FOX] In an effort to fight insect-borne viruses like Zika, dengue fever and malaria, genetically modified mosquitoes are set to be released in the Florida Keys.

U.K.-based biotechnology company Oxitec has partnered with the Florida Keys Mosquito Control District in an effort to control the invasive and disease-spreading female Aedes aegypti mosquitoes in the region.

Oxitec's male mosquitoes -- which don't bite, unlike the recently-discovered yellow fever-carrying Aedes scapularis mosquitoes -- will be introduced in small areas in a select number of neighborhoods between mile markers 10 and 93 in the Keys.
Posted by:Skidmark

#8  The movie is definitely off.
Posted by: swksvolFF   2021-04-18 15:07  

#7  @#6 - yeah, me too. I recall that it sucked.
Posted by: Anomalous Sources   2021-04-18 13:01  

#6  Bleah... I saw this movie. Boring...
Posted by: CrazyFool   2021-04-18 11:50  

#5  birthing mighty Ghengiz Khan mosquito childrun?

Leaving aside for the moment that top men assure us this is totally unpossible, that has the makings of a great sci-fi disaster movie, Dron. Have your people call my people and we'll work something out. Could be the next Sharknado franchise!
Posted by: SteveS   2021-04-18 11:46  

#4  #2 Shush Dron - the science is settled!
Posted by: g(r)omgoru   2021-04-18 05:19  

#3  Playing God . It will end well...
Posted by: Unusing Platypus5935   2021-04-18 05:17  

#2  'And what if they can't pick up wimmin mosquitoes at all, from bein' asswipes born in a lab an' all that? And the uhh... migrant mosquitoes come and pick up all the wimmin, birthing mighty Ghengiz Khan mosquito childrun? Ever think of that?'
Posted by: Dron66046   2021-04-18 05:08  

#1  a "self-limiting" gene from its genetically modified males to their wild mates, ensuring future offspring do not mature into adulthood and reducing the population.

Isn't that the Gates initiative?
Posted by: Skidmark   2021-04-18 00:37  

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