🦟 New Drug Turns Blood Lethal to Mosquitoes

A recent study has found that nitisinone, a drug usually used to treat rare genetic disorders, can make human blood deadly to mosquitoes. It works by blocking an important enzyme they need to digest blood, providing a fast and groundbreaking way to fight malaria.

According to Science Alert and the University of Notre Dame, this method is effective against different types of mosquitoes, including those that are resistant to insecticides and difficult to control with current strategies.

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