The final breakthrough came in 1897 when Ronald Ross, in India, demonstrated that Plasmodium completed its life cycle in mosquitoes, proving they were malaria’s vectors. This scientific triumph ...

Epigenetics are one of life's primary drivers of adaptations. They are why human beings who live at high altitude have more oxygenated blood.

which is transmitted to humans through the bite of infected mosquitoes. Plasmodium falciparum, the deadliest of the malaria species, has a highly complex life cycle controlled by precise gene ...

Climate change is often seen as a distant problem, affecting polar bears or coastal cities far away. However, it has a direct ...

Genetically engineered mosquito ... malaria vector in West Central Africa — to fungal spores. Some males were exposed to a wild-type fungal strain, while others were infected with a transgenic strain ...

In a study published in Scientific Reports, researchers from the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, working with partners in Africa ...

Dengue virus, a WHO grade 3 emergency, infected over 10 million individuals in 2024. With no population-effective prophylaxis or direct treatment, there is an urgent need for immediate vector control ...

Mar. 5, 2025 — Antimalarial drug resistance is a pressing issue in combating the spread of malaria worldwide. In a new study, researchers discovered a key process where malarial parasites take ...

It’s likely that every Houstonian has encountered what appear to be giant mosquitoes in recent weeks ... "These dipterans live a short adult life of one to two weeks with the sole goal of ...