Using CRISPR technique, scientists can genetically modify mosquitoes by disabling a specific gene in females, causing their proboscis to develop like that of a male—rendering them unable to pierce human skin.

Imagine genetically modify politicians, being unable to steal your money

She's like "this never happens to me 😔"

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I know it's just a mosquito but it's sad to watch its vain effort like that.

<fap fap fap> "Come on now! Focus!" <fap fap fap> "Come on!!"

Hate is a strong word, and I hate mosquitoes. But introducing genetic modifications into a species which will propagate by reproduction arouses suspicion regarding the environmental consequences. Can you even simulate this type of scenario? Seems like too many parameters.

goofy ahhhhh mosquito trynna sharpen its little sucky stick thing mwahahahha no sir ur genetically modified now

That poor thing is like "mah boop straw don't work!!!"

Making an Anti-Mosquito

This guy made a home made mosquito trap using a fan with a UV light behind it He claims mosquitoes fly towards the light and into the net via the fan

"scientists can genetically modify-" 5 years later:

this is making me really sad. Ruin countless lives of sentient beings so we're not inconvenienced by a bite smh. Not even talking to the crazy knock-on effects further up the food chain if these bugs can't life long enough to procreate

Chinese engineer develops air defense system against mosquitoes 😭

In 2008, Finnish police found a dead mosquito while searching the inside of a stolen car. They tested the blood from the mosquito's last meal and successfully used it to identify the thief that stole the car.

I mean, I don’t enjoy mosquitoes as much as the next guy, but this is wrong. Birds, bats, dragonfly off the top of my head eat these and theyre part of our ecosystem like it or dislike it. But to genetically alter a species to genocide it’s kind disregarding its effects on the natural world around it? No human deserves to determine these variables.

This is what happens when a mosquito bites you..

Plastic-eating superworms with ‘recycling plant’ in their guts might get a job gobbling up waste

Father of the year 😂

Spider sees itself in a mirror for the first time. 🕷️🪞😲

Am I the only one that thinks this is horrible? People have already ruined so much. Now we're going to bring that to mosquitos? ... Mosquitos might suck, but they serve a purpose in the ecosystem.

so they’re gonna starve to death? wow

most satisfying video ever

Although this is something we should NOT be messing with? What is the fucking point anyway? A mosquito unable to feed is dead. Dead mosquitos don't pass on their genes.

mosquitoes serve an important function in the ecosystem despite the fact that they suck. It would be better to engineer them so that they provide some benefit to to their host in exchange for the blood... enhance symbiosis if you're going to do something

Mosquitos have been here for millions of years. Life has not had ANY ISSUE WHATSOEVER with them. We THRIVED and EVOLVED WITH THEM. Truth is, they RARELY KILL. Chances for LIVE pathogens brought by them are REMOTE and they also inject DEAD VIRIONS, literally A NATURAL VACCINE.🙋

What could possibly go wrong with genetic modification of mosquitoes? Haven’t we learned from Pandora’s box yet? How many times Frankenstein needs to make its monster?

Do you ever get that feeling when you see the mosquito that bit you like you have to teach it a lesson?

We have seen where this Leeds in Germany 2004. Chancellor schröder brought out vast amounts of pesticides to stump the breeding of mosquitoes after the Elbe flood. That lead to a chain reaction in which first bee population collapsed what lead to a pollination problem in the old land (Apple plantation) and then the bird population of northern germany collapsed in 2020. It starts now to recover somewhat but it is not even close to where they where before

When has humans messing with nature ever gone wrong in history?

FU mosquitoes.

@grok if they can no longer suck blood from humans how do they survive? Isn't blood their primary energy and nutrient source? Are they able to suck blood from other animals? Does this risk ecological food chain collapse?

Despite my unending hatred for mosquitoes they are a vital part of food chains all atound the earth being a food source for bats, reptiles, other bugs, etc. Natural systems would likely collapse if they died off.

As a resident of Florida, I demanded this be the next executive order.

“Come on, get hard, don’t fail me now”