The Judas Gene

The Judas Gene was a book I read where the bio weapon was triggered by genes that were only found in Jews. Al that time the Jews were the boogie men but times have changed and …. Err…. OK. Forget that.

Anyway this team have developed nanoparticles that attack certain genes in mosquitos, and other bugs, and stop them producing chitin. This means that the larval mosquitos do not mature into fully grown mosquitos and without their chitin armour are vulnerable to anti bug chemicals and predators. Simply spread over the water that the larvae are developing in and the job is done.

Of course there are issues with this. Other bugs that produce chitin will be impacted and this could lead to that species being aradicated from that area as well. Although its more likely the mosquitos will be the only creatures left. Life is like that with weeds and annoying bugs. You simply touch a valued flower and it dies instantly and will never be seen again but weeds you have to dig out and salt the earth before you can slow it down for a few days. I also wonder how long it last? How far can it spread in that time? How can it be turned off if it goes off target or is deployed in an accidental discharge off target? I forsee a difficult time getting approval for this but when it does it should be a replacement for DDT. It could save millions. If it can answer some basic questions and it gets approval from all the whingey whiney liberals.

I’m still waiting for my little robot nanobots that can fly. They can wait until they see a mosquito or a mosquito larvae, positivly identify them as mosquitos and then laser them or squish them or something. That will save any collateral damage and we can set a life, control their deployment and even set them on loiter mode to pick up stragglers. Much much better.