It's even worse than you're making out, actually. I'm all for eliminating malaria, or mosquitoes, or whatever. And I'm generally in favor of GMOs and related technologies. However, the described approach uses a gene drive, meaning genetic modifications are transmitted in the wild through the target species.
> So doing this to Anopheles shouldn't affect the Aedes aegypti mosquito.
If all goes according to plan, at least. But good luck containing things if they don't...
It really shouldn't require any help from Hollywood to see the potential failure cases that this sort of technology entails - incredibly thorough testing is merely the absolute minimum requirement.
> So doing this to Anopheles shouldn't affect the Aedes aegypti mosquito.
If all goes according to plan, at least. But good luck containing things if they don't...
It really shouldn't require any help from Hollywood to see the potential failure cases that this sort of technology entails - incredibly thorough testing is merely the absolute minimum requirement.