Modified Mosquitos - Yea or Nay?

[mozchron]

Here is what I wrote on this topic 5 years ago. My opinion hasn’t changed. This is a good idea.

GMO Mosquitos - what say you?

This is my primary research area. Been working on GM mosquito and similar strategies for the last (almost) 17 years. There are a number of GM and GM-like vector-borne disease control strategies currently being tested in the field. This is the Oxitech version, called “Release of Insects carrying a Dominant Lethal”, or RIDL. It was developed by my my colleague Dr. Luke Alphey at Oxford University way back in 2000(in fruit flies, took a few more years to get it to work in mosquitoes). Luke started…