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.

Malaria is a vector-borne disease caused by the parasite Plasmodium and transmitted to humans through the bite of the Anopheles mosquito. While the parasitic disease is usually treated with the drug ...

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

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In a major turn of event, scientists have come up with a bold new approach to control mosquito populations and combat malaria ...

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

Nitisinone was shown to last longer than ivermectin in the human bloodstream, and was able to kill not only mosquitoes of all ...

Discover nitisinone, a drug for rare diseases that could also combat mosquitoes and their transmission of malaria.

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

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 — ...