Mosquitoes with glow-in-the-dark gonads.

[arnisador]

There was a brief item on this in the local paper, sourced to Harper's magazine: "Scientists [have] figured out how to genetically modify mosquitoes so that their gonads glow in the dark."

My first thought was, "Thanks Heavens we've cured cancer so we can now focus on making mosquitoes' testicles shine in the dark of night." But apparently it's for a good cause:

http://www.billysalisbury.com/journal_archive/

Did you read about the lastest weapon in the fight against Malaria? Apparently they've just created a genetically modified mosquito with glow in the dark testicles! Sounds like a joke huh? But no, it's true. The glowing gonads help scientists separate males from females so that they can sterilise the males and release the back into the wild. The only problem now is whether or not female mosquitos will actually be attracted to a guy with flourescent blue bollocks.

The blogger suggests that humans may some day benefit from this technology.

 

[Xequat]

There was a brief item on this in the local paper, sourced to Harper's magazine: "Scientists [have] figured out how to genetically modify mosquitoes so that their gonads glow in the dark."

My first thought was, "Thanks Heavens we've cured cancer so we can now focus on making mosquitoes' testicles shine in the dark of night." But apparently it's for a good cause:

http://www.billysalisbury.com/journal_archive/



The blogger suggests that humans may some day benefit from this technology.

I'm jealous...I still have to pay for the glow-in-the-dark condoms, but mosquitos get the fun for free!

That's cool about the usefulness though.