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

New research suggests an existing medicine could turn human blood into poison for mosquitos, killing them within hours.

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

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

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

A drug used to treat a rare inherited disease has been found to make human blood toxic to malaria-carrying mosquitoes. It ...

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

The Founder of the African Genetic Biocontrol Consortium, Dr Willy Kiprotich Tonui, has called for a new solution in the ...

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

Chief Officer for Preventive and Promotive, Janerose Tioko, stated that malaria accounted for 30 percent of the reported ...

Scientists may have found a solution to stop the spread of malaria: poisoning mosquitoes with human blood. New research suggests that the mosquito-borne malady can be curbed by getting the insects ...