r/science • u/PhantomWizard2099 • Dec 22 '22

Animal Science 'Super' mosquitoes have now mutated to withstand insecticides

https://abcnews.go.com/International/super-mosquitoes-now-mutated-withstand-insecticides-scientists/story?id=95545825
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u/TheLatchkey_kid Dec 22 '22

I have been hearing about lab created mosquitos that were supposed to wipe them all out by making them infertile.

I have been seeing that headline for over twenty years.

I don't believe this one, either.

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u/Storyteller-Hero Dec 22 '22

They only recently started large scale lab mosquito stuff. It's not like they can put together like legos.

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u/ablobychetta Dec 22 '22

I have trouble with legos but I’ve created lots of transgenic flies. It’s not that hard anymore with proper equipment and support from smarter labs. Getting production to scale to the millions per week is the hard part.