Re: [DIYbio] Re: Uplifting Ants

Evolution and/or genetic engineering has been a successful strategy in
vector control for decades. Ask Bill Gates and the Gates Foundation
which has put hundreds of millions of dollars into using it as a
solution for various world wide catastrophes like malaria, zika,
dengue.


On 12/24/18, Raza <etcwar_d@hotmail.com> wrote:
> Yeah, there's no way* that* could
> go horribly wrong, with how insects tend to wander into human-inhabited
> territories at random at delve out new niches for themselves. Probably
> worth it?
>
> On Saturday, December 22, 2018 at 8:39:34 PM UTC, Jonathan Cline wrote:
>>
>> Evolve ant colonies to collect and/or digest plastic pollution and you
>> have a world-saving and trillion-dollar award winning project.
>>
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>> On Sunday, December 16, 2018 at 2:55:15 AM UTC-8, Ozymandias wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> I thought about the following experiment:
>>>
>>> 2 or more ant colonies
>>>
>>
>>
>>>
>>> Any input?
>>>

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