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New study sheds light on how to halt the spread of deadly diseases carried by mosquitoes: 'The solutions we need'
The World Health Organization reported an estimated 597,000 malaria deaths in 83 countries in 2023. New study sheds light on ...
Scientists want to fight malaria by poisoning mosquitoes with human blood
Scientists may have found a solution to stop the spread of malaria: poisoning mosquitoes with human blood. New research ...
New Drug Turns Human Blood Into Mosquito-Killing Weapon
Nitisinone, a drug for rare diseases, kills mosquitoes when present in human blood and may become a new tool to fight malaria ...
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No Bite to the Theory: The Case Against Thiamine as a Mosquito Repellent
A warm summer night, the hum of mosquitoes filling the air, and you, slathering on DEET, waving your arms like a windmill, ...
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Novel drug nitisinone could help reduce malaria spread by killing mosquitoes
Nitisinone was shown to last longer than ivermectin in the human bloodstream, and was able to kill not only mosquitoes of all ...
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Pointed out that malaria infections could be weakened by removing flowers that mosquitoes like
Researchers who noticed that mosquitoes feed mainly on flower nectar in addition to animal blood are investigating ways to reduce the number of flowers that mosquitoes like. Phil Stevenson and his ...
To fight malaria, scientists want to poison mosquitoes—with human blood
Low doses of a drug already approved for treating rare genetic conditions in humans kills mosquitoes dead. Scientists say it ...