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

Scientists may have found a solution to stop the spread of malaria: poisoning mosquitoes with human blood. New research ...

In the fight against malaria, controlling the mosquito population is crucial. Several methods are currently used to reduce ...

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

Nitisinone was shown to last longer than ivermectin in the human bloodstream, and was able to kill not only mosquitoes of all ages -- including the older ones that are most likely to transmit malaria ...

Nitisinone was shown to last longer than ivermectin in the human bloodstream, and was able to kill not only mosquitoes of all ...

Scientists have discovered that a drug called nitisinone, used to treat a rare genetic disorder, makes human blood toxic to ...

Nitisinone, a drug for genetic disorders, could help control malaria by making human blood toxic to mosquitoes. Anopheles ...

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 ...

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

Low doses of a drug already approved for treating rare genetic conditions in humans kills mosquitoes dead. Scientists say it ...