Are there any current studies that show that GMOs are harmful?

There have been some strides in GM work in mosquitoes. One path was based on sterile males, to inhibit breeding. Another path involved making a mosquito that could not be a disease vector.

You might have seen pictures of bioluminescent (glow-in-the-dark) bunnies and pigs. There’s no benefit to that, except as an easily traceable trait. However, if you could produce generations of glow-in-the-dark mosquitoes, we’d have bloodsuckers that would be more easily swatted.

I thought many years ago, when the USA was discussing Star Wars laser defence - a more practical application would be a device that detects mosquitos or other flying pests and zaps them with a laser so their innard boil. Mini-star-wars.

If you could make mosquitos identify themselves by glow in the dark or when hit with an idenfication beam, that would be great - but more likely all it would do is make bioluminescence a survival disadvantage.

Of course, a corrollary device would sit on the kitchen ceiling and zap any cockroach that showed itself.

It’s been done.

When can I buy one… :smiley:

You both forgot “Cute kittens and puppies”. An obvious risk of deadly “SKWEEE! Ain’t that CUTE!” responses.