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

Zoonotic and other infectious diseases are emerging and reemerging rapidly in recent times owing to altered climatic conditions, changing lifestyles, and unhealthy living conditions. The WHO listed 20 ...

Recent research has revealed that nitisinone, a drug originally used to treat rare genetic conditions, can fatally disrupt a ...

The recent US funding cuts have created critical gaps in the HIV response across East and Southern Africa. The gaps, unless filled, will have severe public health consequences, reversing the gains ...

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On Hacking Humans, this week Dave Bittner is back with Joe Carrigan, and Maria Varmazis (also host of N2K's daily space podcast, T-Minus), and they are sharing the latest in social engineering scams, ...

Recent findings suggest that chimpanzees have evolved unique genetic mechanisms that help them resist malaria, offering ...

A new drug called nitisinone, which makes human blood poisonous to mosquitoes, could be a vital new tool to fight malaria.

In a breakthrough that could change the course of malaria control, scientists have discovered a new drug, nitisinone, which ...

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

A new study published Wednesday suggests that a rare medication has the potential to make human blood deadly to mosquitoes.