Low doses of a drug already approved for treating rare genetic conditions in humans kills mosquitoes dead. Scientists say it ...

Scientists may have found a solution to stop the spread of malaria: poisoning mosquitoes with human blood. New research ...

Nitisinone, a drug that is already used to treat two genetic diseases, could be repurposed to control the spread of malaria, ...

Malaria, responsible for hundreds of thousands of deaths each year worldwide, is caused by a parasite transmitted through the ...

Explore the potential of nitisinone as a mosquito killer. A new drug shows promise in the fight against malaria-carrying ...

A single dose of the drug nitisinone could render a person’s blood lethal to mosquitoes for five days, modelling suggests.

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 ...

Malaria, responsible for hundreds of thousands of deaths each year worldwide, is caused by a parasite transmitted through the salivary glands of female Anopheles mosquitoes. Understanding the ...

In the fight against malaria, controlling the mosquito population is crucial. Several methods are currently used to reduce mosquito numbers and malaria risk. One of these includes the antiparasitic ...