Mosquitoes’ Taste for Blood Traced to Four Types of Neurons

Can we soon modify the genome of mosquitoes so they don't like human blood anymore?

"... In previous work, for instance, they’ve found that mosquitoes can detect the repellent DEET with their legs and have identified an odorant receptor that mosquitoes use to distinguish between humans and non-humans. But little is known about mosquitoes’ sense of taste ...
Female mosquitoes have a sense of taste that is specially tuned to detect a combination of at least four different substances in blood ..."

Mosquitoes’ Taste for Blood Traced to Four Types of Neurons | HHMI.org The female mosquito has an amazing ability to detect blood using her syringe-like “tongue.” Now scientists have identified the neurons that give her blood-seeking powers.