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2025-07-03 Science & Technology

Federal government plans to air-drop sterile flies over Texas to fight flesh-eating maggots

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Posted by Skidmark 2025-07-03 00:00|| || Front Page|| [158 views ] Top
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#1 as article notes, the sterile fly strategy has been used before

it worked to halt the spread but didn't eliminate the species

Posted by Lord Garth 2025-07-03 10:27|| 2025-07-03 10:27|| Front Page Top

#2 I would question the method of development given the GM mosquito craze. Same way MRNA vaccine is it really a traditional vaccine.

Posted by Jefe101 2025-07-03 14:40|| 2025-07-03 14:40|| Front Page Top

#3 Oxitec
https://www.genewatch.org/uploads/f03c6d66a9b354535738483c1c3d49e4/DBMbrief_fin.pdf

Oxitec’s genetically modified moths: summary of concerns

And this is from 2015. by 2019 they had evidence that genetic exchange was occuring in both the GM orgnaism and the host.

Posted by jefe101 2025-07-03 15:48|| 2025-07-03 15:48|| Front Page Top

#4 https://www.science.org/content/article/study-dna-spread-genetically-modified-mosquitoes-prompts-backlash

one day ill figure out how to make cool hyperlinks like Skid

Study on DNA spread by genetically modified mosquitoes prompts backlash

Posted by jefe101 2025-07-03 15:50|| 2025-07-03 15:50|| Front Page Top

#5 1) Title your link (doesn't have to match the hyperlink)
2) Highlight those link words
3) copy the hyperlink in a separate tab
4) Hit Fred's globe/hyperlink symbol in the Bold/Italics/etc. toolbar
5) Paste your hyperlink over the "https:" prompt
Voila!

Posted by Frank G 2025-07-03 19:10|| 2025-07-03 19:10|| Front Page Top

#6 For those who are free spirits: I copy the link first, then do the rest of the steps. ;-)

Posted by trailing wife 2025-07-03 22:45|| 2025-07-03 22:45|| Front Page Top

#7 globe/hyperlink symbol

I envision a world in chains.

Posted by Skidmark 2025-07-03 23:55|| 2025-07-03 23:55|| Front Page Top

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