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Sterilizing Mosquitoes to Fight Malaria

April 8, 2012 By Malaria Q&A Leave a Comment

QUESTION Is it possible to breed mosquitoes in the laboratory and then sterilize them and release them into the environment in order to reduce their rate of reproducing. ANSWER That is a very good question, and indeed efforts to genetically modify mosquitoes in order to control the various diseases they transmit are underway in many laboratories across the world. For almost 15 years, … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Malaria Q&A Tagged With: Aedes, Aedes aegypti, Anohpeles, Cayman Islands, Culex, Evolution, genetically-modified organisms, GM, India, mosquitoes, natural selection, Oxitec, World Health Organisation

Mosquitos Make Proteins to Handle Heat Spike of Hot Blood Meals

April 25, 2011 By Malaria.com Leave a Comment

Mosquitoes make proteins to help them handle the stressful spike in body temperature that’s prompted by their hot blood meals, a new study has found. The mosquito’s eating pattern is inherently risky: Taking a blood meal involves finding warm-blooded hosts, avoiding detection, penetrating tough skin and evading any host immune response, not to mention the slap of a human hand. Until … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Malaria News Tagged With: Aedes aegypti, Anopheles gambiae, Bed Bugs, Cimex lectularius, Culex pipiens, David Denlinger, Giancarlo Lopez-Martinez, Hsp70, Joshua Benoit, Kevin Patrick, Ohio State University, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Tyler Krause, West Nile Virus, yellow fever, Zachary Phillips

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