First 'Malaria-Proof' Mosquito Created 261
Gisg writes "The University of Arizona team reported that their genetically modified mosquitoes are immune to the malaria-causing parasite, a single-cell organism called Plasmodium. Riehle and his colleagues tested their genetically-altered mosquitoes by feeding them malaria-infested blood. Not even one mosquito became infected with the malaria parasite."
Just what we need (Score:1, Funny)
more mosquitos.
How about a bite-proof mosquito? (Score:5, Funny)
Build a Better Mosquito (Score:5, Funny)
and... umm... yeah.
Re:side effect (Score:5, Funny)
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Re:How about a bite-proof mosquito? (Score:4, Funny)
bite-proof mosquitoes? I didn't realize that there was a big problem with people biting mosquitoes!
I created one years ago. (Score:5, Funny)
*splat*
There's another.
Re:side effect (Score:5, Funny)
What could be scarier than VAMPIRE mosquitos!
oh wait
well, we could end up with ZOMBIE VAMPIRE mosquitos perhaps. Swat 'em and they come back...
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Re:side effect (Score:5, Funny)
Mostly it's humans.
http://www.hmc.psu.edu/healthinfo/m/malaria.htm [psu.edu]
http://www.itg.be/evde/02_Malariap2.htm [www.itg.be]
But there is some anecdotal evidence that "long pig" does taste pretty good.
Oh, wonderful. (Score:4, Funny)
Great... just great.
Here's an idea. How about, instead of curing their diseases, we put out efforts instead into eradicating the bastards. It's not like we don't know how to drive a species into extinction. We've done it, or are on the verge of doing it, to many cool species. So why the hell can't we do it to one of the more bastardly unpleasant ones?
Any hippy that objects... let's make them extinct too.
Just wait til the lawsuits (Score:4, Funny)
Until some lawyer files a class action lawsuit. Since all mosquitoes are now the genetically modified variety, the researchers and company which developed the buggers and the governments which permitted it are now liable for the pain and suffering associated with every mosquito bite on the planet.
Re:Oh, wonderful. (Score:5, Funny)
It'd also take out a very low level creature in the foodchain.
What the fuck do you mean "LOW", wetbar? Last I checked, we were eating you.
Signed,
The Mosquitos
Re:side effect (Score:5, Funny)
As long as it doesn't create NINJA PIRATE mosquitos, we're safe.
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Mmmmmm... Soylent Green...
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I heard you are supposed to boycot Arizona (Score:3, Funny)
I am sure this anti-malaria thing is somehow racist! How dare those bigot pigs in Arizona try to thwart God's will! People who live in malarial zones are all natural, and their environment should not be altered. Not by crops that grow or bugs that don't carry natural diseases.
Re:side effect (Score:5, Funny)
Two words: Depth perception...
Re:side effect (Score:2, Funny)
I have a little technical problem related to this. In the IForOneWelcomeOur form, the field [NameOfOverlords] isn't big enough to hold this string. Writing "I for one welcome our new ZOMBIE VAMP overlords sounds totally gay.
On the other hand, the form InSovietRussia" seems to work alright.
^_^