Researchers found when patients take the drug nitisinone, their blood becomes deadly to mosquitoes. "One way to stop the spread of diseases transmitted by insects is to make the blood of animals ...

A study found when patients take the drug nitisinone, their blood becomes deadly to mosquitoes. In the fight against malaria, controlling the mosquito population is crucial. Several methods are ...

Scientists discovered that the drug used to treat genetic disease nitisinone causes human blood to be lethal to mosquitoes and is another weapon in the battle against transmission of mosquito ...

New research suggests that the mosquito-borne malady can be curbed by getting the insects to consume the drug nitisinone. As malaria and other illnesses spread by mosquitoes become increasingly ...

Researchers found when patients take the drug nitisinone, their blood becomes deadly to mosquitoes. One way to stop the spread of diseases transmitted by insects is to make the blood of animals ...

Revealing their results in a paper published in Science Translational Medicine, the researchers report that the medication nitisinone makes human blood deadly to mosquitoes. “One way to stop the ...

The secret lies in an existing drug called nitisinone, which, once ingested by the insects, kills them within hours. Researchers at the Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine discovered this effect ...

The drug, called nitisinone, is currently used to treat two genetic conditions: tyrosinemia type 1 and alkaptonuria.The drug works by inhibiting an enzyme called 4-hydroxyphenylpyruvate ...

The study, recently published in Science Translational Medicine, looked at mosquitos that were fed blood from three different people that were regularly taking nitisinone, the drug in question ...

Low doses of a drug already approved for treating rare genetic conditions in humans kills mosquitoes dead. Scientists say it could be a valuable new tool in the fight against disease. Female ...