Humanity now possesses the biotechnological tools to potentially scratch its number one predator from the map: mosquito. Faced with 760,000 deaths a year, techniques such as genetic forcing or targeted bacterial infection become concrete options. The debate is no longer technical but ethical and ecological, asking a frontal question: should we do it?
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Humanity now possesses the biotechnological tools to potentially scratch its number one predator from the map: mosquito. Faced with 760,000 deaths a year, techniques such as genetic forcing or targeted bacterial infection become concrete options. The debate is no longer technical but ethical and ecological, asking a frontal question: should we do it?