To fight malaria, scientists want to poison mosquitos-with human blood

To fight malaria, scientists want to poison mosquitos-with human blood

Source: National Geographic

Low doses of a drug already approved for treating rare genetic conditions in humans kills mosquitoes dead. Scientists say it could be a valuable new tool in the fight against disease.

Malaria causes more than 600,000 deaths each year, and is just one of numerous deadly human diseases transported by mosquitoes. But what if we could make our blood poisonous to the parasites that crave it?
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