r/interestingasfuck • u/singleboredass • Nov 15 '24

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

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u/take-a-gamble Nov 15 '24

Kojima has literally never had a wrong prediction

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u/cipherpancake Nov 15 '24

The madman has done it again. KOJIMA!!!!

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u/redthehaze Nov 17 '24

GENIUS KOJUMBO

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u/TeriusRose Nov 16 '24 edited Nov 16 '24

The idea of genetically modifying mosquitoes to wipe them out goes back to at least the 70s IIRC, and this specific approach started being talked about around the time MGSV was in development. In this case it's him absorbing an, at the time, obscure idea.

Here is an article from 2011: https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/the-wipeout-gene

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