Genetically engineering mosquitoes to end malaria could have devastating unintended consequences

A new way of creating genetically modified insects could wipe out many mosquito-borne diseases such as malaria within a few years but it could also unleash potentially devastating unintended consequences, scientists have warned.

Researchers have devised a method of bypassing a fundamental barrier to the rapid spread of genes within a population. They believe that it could be used to spread malaria-resistant genes in mosquitoes to prevent transmission of disease to people. However, it could also be used to spread harmful genes rapidly in the wild...

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I wish scientists would stop trying to beat nature before they destroy it altogether.