Malaysian officials recently set loose thousands of "Frankenbugs" into the forests of Asia, purportedly to help curb the spread of dengue fever. Scientists programmed the 6,000 genetically-modified (GM) Aedes aegypti male mosquitoes in such a way that when they breed with females, the offspring will die early and thus reduce their overall population.'
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Hmmmm, I wonder what effect this will have on the food chain. I am sure that mosquitoes are eaten by something in the food chain.
ReplyDeleteI'm sure when it all goes wrong and some new disease is produced, they will have a nice GM vaccine for us all.