If they tweak mosquitos immune systems to fight off malaria, will they transmit something worse next?

Some mosquitoes already transmit worse diseases. However, this doesn't really relate to the evolution of resistances as in the super viruses. A better fear would be that malaria would evolve to infect the mosquitoes despite their resistance.

From the mosquitoes' perspective (and evolutionary pressure) they do not want to transmit anything that kills their prey. The bedbug, which relies almost entirely on humans for food, has developed an immune system that prevents it carrying any human diseases. That way the humans are fat, happy, and tasty.

Humans are only an occasional meal for mosquitoes, so there has been less pressure on them to avoid carrying diseases. Helping them seems like a good strategy.

The truth is you never really know what nature will do when you try to alter it. You might be opening the door for other diseaes or maybe wiping out a species and the ones that it supports. Look at human science.

They have advanced science to the point where people live to be very old. No one thought of alzheimers, dementia or Parkinsons as you did not get these in people that died at younger ages. Just when mankind thinks it has won Mother Nature always lets us know who in charge.

I heard most of that report yesterday. It sounds as if MOST mosquitoes already have the malaria parasite fighting property, and that it's only a very small subset of them that are capable of passing the parasite on. If you want to save lives in third world countries, i'd leave insect DNA alone and put the efforts into proven techniques.(Can you say "DDT?") Rachel Carson (the author of _Silent Spring_) has killed more Africans than most warlords.

Birds were dieing from the mis-use of DDT. It's a perfectly bird-safe insecticide when used properly.

A lot of developed countries are moving towards or already are at a steady population (no growth) while others are even shrinking due to low birth rates... assuming the entire world can be brought to that level the population problem will sort of solve itself... but getting to that point before too much damage is done to the earth (obviously technology will play a key role in reducing that damage like better land use especially in agriculture and speeding up the progress) and avoiding anything that would increase birth rates like some catastrophe/war capable "un-developing" (e.g. Blowing up/mad max-ing) countries or unforeseen social changes is the part that needs to be focused on... or something.

I cant really gove you an answer,but what I can give you is a way to a solution, that is you have to find the anglde that you relate to or peaks your interest. A good paper is one that people get drawn into because it reaches them ln some way.As for me WW11 to me, I think of the holocaust and the effect it had on the survivors, their families and those who stood by and did nothing until it was too late.