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Rare Disease Drug Turns Human Blood Into Mosquito Poison, Battling Malaria
Nitisinone, a drug for genetic disorders, could help control malaria by making human blood toxic to mosquitoes. Anopheles ...
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Drug For Rare Disease Turns Human Blood Into Mosquito Poison
Scientists have a radical new plan for controlling mosquito numbers and fighting malaria: lacing human blood with a drug that ...
Rare disease drug nitisinone makes human blood deadly to mosquitoes
A study in Science Translational Medicine found when patients take the drug nitisinone, their blood becomes deadly to ...
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Two Neglected Tropical Diseases That Cause Blindness Among Children at Risk of Resurgence Due to Aid Cuts
KAMPALA, (March 20, 2025) - A rare tropical disease that is the leading infectious cause of blindness worldwide was halved in one of the world’s worst-affected communities due to foreign aid but is ...
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A rare disease is spreading like an epidemic in Hungary - authority warns
In the first two months of 2025, the number of reported cases of suspected hepatitis A infection increased sevenfold compared ...
To fight malaria, scientists want to poison mosquitos—with human blood
Low doses of a drug already approved for treating rare genetic conditions in humans kills mosquitoes dead. Scientists say it ...
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Malaria treatment: Scientists find way to make human blood toxic to insects
In a major turn of event, scientists have come up with a bold new approach to control mosquito populations and combat malaria ...
New Drug Turns Human Blood Into Mosquito-Killing Weapon
Nitisinone, a drug for rare diseases, kills mosquitoes when present in human blood and may become a new tool to fight malaria ...