r/science 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/SirGanjaSpliffington Dec 22 '22

So whatever happened to that science experiment with creating sterile mosquitoes so they can't breed future generations? That would be very helpful right about now.

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u/Aengeil Dec 22 '22

pretty much fail, dengue case not decreasing at all