Genetically modified and unable to transmit malaria here is the "new" mosquito, which experts and scientists tasked with fighting the Anopheles, carries the parasite that causes malaria, and yet today leads to death in the developing world. Already in 2003, a British research group had set point transgenic mosquitoes resistant to malaria, but once released into the environment were not reproduced. For the creation of
John Hopkins University in Baltimore, however, everything seems to work well. In some laboratory tests, in the same room with rats suffering from malaria and mosquitoes 'natural', as amended not only be immune to the disease, but soon they outnumbered the others, because they are able to produce more eggs and are more resistant.
The idea of \u200b\u200bcontrolling the insidious disease with the placing on the nature of these insects seem to be valid, but many parties have raised protests and signs of concern. Nobody is able to say with certainty what would be the impact of the creatures "artificial" ecosystem. (Image: Map of the spread of malaria in the world.)
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