Scientists develop malaria-resistant mosquito

Couldn't this just lead eventually to a more resistant strain of malaria? Is this really a good idea?

I agree, look what happens with antibiotics etc.

shouldn,t they be looking for a way to adapt the malaria instead , making it non contageous for example.

or maybe we should'nt be doing this any of this at all ?

I'd rather they'd work on getting fresh drinking water to the rural poor or maybe intervene in the genocide in the Sudan.

I am not worried about the mosquito getting malaria. It is the humans i am worried about.

Too deliver clean water to everyone is a massive challenge a lot of effort is put into it.

The main problem is free standing water which is found all over.

In the past we kept malaria under control (it was eradicated to a great extent) by using DDT.

An option might still be to ZAP malaria first and then seek solutions to the DDT.

Some 50 years ago i saw a local solution to the problem, Boys were swimming in malaria infested water but used a piece of string to close off the possible path of infestation.

Condom suppliers could benefit by including malaria protection to the advertisement.

Thinking of it i may actually be confused between diseases.