As summer begins, thoughts often turn to hot dogs, hamburgers, watermelon … and mosquitoes. For most barbecuers, the bugs are little more than a pesky annoyance. But for millions around the world every year, mosquitoes carrying diseases such as malaria, dengue fever and West Nile virus prove deadly. Mosquito nets and repellants help fight bites,… Continue reading Confusing Mosquitoes to Fight Deadly Disease
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Genetically Modified Fungus Could Fight Malaria
NPR In a cramped London laboratory filled with test tubes, bacteria and mosquitoes, scientists are trying to engineer a new weapon in the battle against malaria: a mutant fungus. For years, Angray Kang at Westminster University and colleagues have been testing whether they could genetically tweak a fungus to kill the malaria parasite carried by… Continue reading Genetically Modified Fungus Could Fight Malaria
Caught in The Act: Imaging Microscopy Catches Malaria Parasite Invading Blood Cells
Australian scientists using new image and cell technologies have for the first time caught malaria parasites in the act of invading red blood cells. The researchers, from the Walter and Eliza Hall Institute in Melbourne, Australia, and the University of Technology, Sydney (UTS), achieved this long-held aim using a combination of electron, light and super… Continue reading Caught in The Act: Imaging Microscopy Catches Malaria Parasite Invading Blood Cells