I remember having read something that some species really prefer human sudoral. In it there is a protein which attracts those beasts. I also believe to remember that some scientists knocked-out the receptor for that protein in mosquitoes thus they were much less annoying to humans.
2012/6/3 Margret Storm <i.am.ozark@gmail.com>
Whoop, somehow missed the last bit of your post in parentheses :x The trouble would be getting the mosquitoes to distinguish between humans and other animals, I suppose . . . maybe give them an aversion to pheromones produced only by humans/humans and related primates?
On Sunday, June 3, 2012 4:31:39 AM UTC-4, Mega wrote:To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msg/diybio/-/Qmje6J8xJiYJ.Hey, that's a great idea...--
What I read so far:
It has been tried the following: Genetically engineerred to be infertile males were released into the wilderness. They mated with the female mosquitos and those lay eggs. But the 'children' generation died in the larvae state.
The mosquito population was reduced to 20 % (upt to 80% were killed!)
Mosquitoes are annoying, so why not make the human-blood-sucking of them get extinct instead?? (Animal blood OK)
Am Samstag, 2. Juni 2012 10:12:24 UTC+2 schrieb Margret Storm:Would it be possible to engineer a contagious bacterial strain that resided in the digestive tracts of mosquitoes, and had little effect other than releasing antimicrobial enzymes into the pharynx and salivary glands? Hopefully, this would prevent the spread of mosquito-borne diseases like malaria, as well as help prevent secondary infection of bites.Forgive me in advance for any ignorance - the idea has been bugging me (hah), and I really want to know.
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