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

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

In the fight against malaria, controlling the mosquito population is crucial. Several methods are currently used to reduce ...

The parasites known to cause babesiosis are shown here infecting red blood cells under the microscope. (Image credit: Smith Collection/Gado / Contributor via Getty Images) Typical symptoms of ...

Now, in a study published Friday (July 15) in Cell Metabolism, researchers describe the complicated tug-of-war between host and parasite that appears to explain ... how applicable the mouse models are ...

Nitisinone was shown to last longer than ivermectin in the human bloodstream, and was able to kill not only mosquitoes of all ages -- including the older ones that are most likely to transmit malaria ...

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Millions of people worldwide are affected by African sleeping sickness, Chagas disease and other life-threatening infections ...

Researchers found when patients take the drug nitisinone, their blood becomes deadly to mosquitoes ... with malaria parasites, they spread the disease when they feast on a human.