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by f00zz 2135 days ago
There was an attempt to control the population of Zika-carrying mosquitoes in Brazil by introducing supposedly sterile GM mosquitoes. The GM mosquitoes ended up breeding [0]. I'm all for killing them all, but it doesn't seem easy.

[0] https://www.dw.com/en/genetically-modified-mosquitoes-breed-...

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> However, it was already known from previous laboratory experiments that a small proportion of about three to four percent of OX513A descendants can reach adulthood;

It was flawed from the beginning. The attempt got basically the exact result one would expect, and was reasonably successful in reducing the mosquito population. It was just not good enough.