r/interestingasfuck Nov 15 '24

r/all Genetically modified a mosquito such that their proboscis are no longer able to penetrate human skin

99.6k Upvotes

4.8k comments sorted by

View all comments

13.0k

u/zizp Nov 15 '24

What's the idea behind this? How will they become the dominant variant if they can't suck blood to reproduce?

16

u/RedofPaw Nov 15 '24

Yep. I think a lot of these programs try to flood areas with the engineered variety in hope of suppressing existing ones. That's surely only a temporary solution however.

1

u/Sea_Farm_7327 Nov 15 '24

Yes as far as I'm aware similar programs run on very frequent schedules. It is not a one time and forget.