Scientists creating Frankenstein Mosquitoes

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It’s been almost two hundred years since Mary Shelly wrote “Frankenstein.” A novel that warns us about the dangers of unchecked science and industrialization. We wonder what Ms. Shelly would think about this latest true story of scientists trying to genetically modify mosquitoes in order to vaccinate us, perhaps against our will. What kind of dangers could this unleash? We at Health Freedom Alliance believe them to be unimaginable even for Mary Shelly.
Experts believe “flying vaccinators” could eventually be a radical new way of tackling malaria.
The new approach targets the salivary gland of the Anopheles mosquito.
Scientists in Japan have engineered an insect producing a natural vaccine protein in its saliva which is injected into the bloodstream when it bites.

The “prototype” mosquito carries a vaccine against Leishmania, another potentially fatal parasite disease spread by sand flies.

Leishmania infection can cause painful sores, fever and weight loss and if untreated may destroy the liver and spleen.

Mice bitten by the vaccinating insect generated antibodies against the Leishmania organism, indicating immunisation.

“Following bites, protective immune responses are induced, just like a conventional vaccination but with no pain and no cost,” said study leader Professor Shigeto Yoshida, from Jichi Medical University in Shimotsuki, Japan.

“What’s more, continuous exposure to bites will maintain high levels of protective immunity, through natural boosting, for a life time. So the insect shifts from being a pest to being beneficial.”

The research is reported in the journal Insect Molecular Biology.

Scientists are still working on developing an effective malaria vaccine, so Prof Yoshida’s study was very much a “proof of concept”.

Ethical considerations may also get in the way of using “flying vaccinators” to control malaria, he said.

Such a strategy would involve the mass delivery of a vaccine without first obtaining the consent of patients or monitoring dosages.

Each year malaria claims between one and two million lives around the world, mostly of African children.

The disease is caused by a single-celled parasite spread by the Anopheles mosquito.

Scientists have looked at a number of ways of genetically modifying the insect to stop it transmitting the organism.

They include making male mosquitoes infertile, and creating a malaria-free insect that will out-survive the carriers.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/health/healthnews/7473887/Genetically-modified-mosquitos-could-be-used-to-spread-vaccine-for-malaria.html

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1. And here comes the frightened torch wielding mob.

We need to burn down the observatory so these mosquitos can never give our kids autism.