In a nutshell A rare disease drug may help fight malaria. Nitisinone, a medication approved for rare genetic conditions, killed malaria-carrying mosquitoes after they fed on treated human blood — ...

Nitisinone was shown to last longer than ivermectin in the human bloodstream and was able to kill not only mosquitoes of all ...

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 ...

February 28 is Rare Disease Day, dedicated to raising ... There is no known cure for the deadly disease, with victims usually passing away within a year of showing symptoms. The University College ...

Typically, nitisinone is a medication for individuals with rare inherited diseases — such as alkaptonuria and tyrosinemia type 1 — whose ... Those taking nitisinone were found to have blood that was ...

A new study published Wednesday suggests that a rare medication has the potential to make human blood deadly to mosquitoes.

"One way to stop the spread of diseases transmitted by insects is to make the blood of animals and humans toxic," according ...

Typically, nitisinone is a medication for individuals with rare inherited diseases — such as alkaptonuria ... were found to have blood that was deadly to mosquitoes, which Haines describes ...

Subtle changes in the eyes can reveal serious health issues like dementia, diabetes, and high cholesterol. The eyes can ...

A drug for a rare disease makes human blood deadly to mosquitoes and could help in the fight against malaria, researchers have found. Several methods are currently used to reduce mosquito numbers ...

Residents have been warned of a deadly disease lurking in the floodwaters ... Picture: NewsWire / Glen Campbell While melioidosis is rare and less likely to affect healthy adults, those who ...