Mosquitoes are the deadliest animal to humans, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. A new scientific ...

In a nutshell A rare disease drug may help fight malaria. Nitisinone, a medication approved for rare genetic conditions, ...

In the fight against malaria, controlling the mosquito population is crucial. Several methods are currently used to reduce ...

Scientists have a radical new plan for controlling mosquito numbers and fighting malaria: lacing human blood with a drug that ...

"One way to stop the spread of diseases transmitted by insects is to make the blood of animals and humans toxic," according ...

A new drug that makes human blood poisonous to mosquitoes could be a vital new tool to fight malaria. The drug, called nitisinone, kills mosquitos but is not toxic to humans.

Nitisinone, a drug for rare diseases, kills mosquitoes when present in human blood and may become a new tool to fight malaria ...

A drug for a rare disease makes human blood deadly to mosquitoes and could help in the fight against malaria, researchers have found. Several methods are currently used to reduce mosquito numbers ...

A new study published Wednesday suggests that a rare medication has the potential to make human blood deadly to mosquitoes.

Nitisinone, a drug for genetic disorders, could help control malaria by making human blood toxic to mosquitoes. Anopheles ...

Nitisinone was shown to last longer than ivermectin in the human bloodstream, and was able to kill not only mosquitoes of all ages -- including the older ones that are most likely to transmit malaria ...

Currently, several approaches are used to reduce mosquito numbers and limit malaria transmission. One method involves the use ...