New research suggests an existing medicine could turn human blood into poison for mosquitos, killing them within hours.

A drug used to treat a rare inherited disease has been found to make human blood toxic to malaria-carrying mosquitoes. It ...

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

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

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 ...

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.

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

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

Scientists have found that a drug called nitisinone, which is used to treat people with a rare inherited disease called ...

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

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

Currently, several approaches are used to reduce mosquito numbers and limit malaria transmission. One method involves the use ...