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

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

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

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

The Medical Faculty Heidelberg of Heidelberg University and Mannheim University of Applied Sciences are combining their ...

They feed at night on humans and animals and are found indoors and outdoors. Anopheles mosquitoes are best known for spreading malaria, although they can transmit other diseases. They are active ...

A molecular quality-control system in Anopheles mosquitoes-the species responsible for most of the world's malaria cases-is a promising target for future malaria-control strategies, according to a ...

Responses of adult female Aedes albopictus Skuse, Ae. aegypti (L.), Anopheles quadrimaculatus, Say and Culex nigripalpus Theobald to feeding stations (blood containers) over each light port. No-light ...