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

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

Nitisinone, usually prescribed for metabolic disorders, kills mosquitoes when present in human blood. Researchers have explored a new approach to combat malaria using nitisinone, a drug ...

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

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

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

Esteve will license the ex-U.S. rights for up to ten years and will also be receiving an option to acquire the international rights in the future. Eton will supply product to Esteve at a fixed ...

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

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

In a medical breakthrough, scientists in the US have found that a medicine typically prescribed for rare genetic disorders ...

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