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

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

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

Discover nitisinone, a drug for rare diseases that could also combat mosquitoes and their transmission of malaria.

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

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

Scientists have a radical new plan for controlling mosquito numbers and fighting malaria: lacing human blood with a drug that's poisonous for the insects, so sucking on this blood marks their last ...

Researchers found when patients take the drug nitisinone, their blood becomes deadly to mosquitoes. "One way to stop the spread of diseases transmitted by insects is to make the blood of animals ...

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.

Researchers found when patients take the drug nitisinone, their blood becomes deadly to mosquitoes. One way to stop the spread of diseases transmitted by insects is to make the blood of animals ...

New research suggests that the mosquito-borne malady can be curbed by getting the insects to consume the drug nitisinone. As ...

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 ...