Rare disease drug can make human blood toxic to mosquitoes

Mosquito sucking blood

Source: © Shutterstock

Insect enzyme inhibitor could help control malaria 

The blood of people taking a drug used in the treatment of rare metabolic disorders has been found to be deadly to the malaria mosquito vector Anopheles gambiae. The researchers say the discovery could be a tool to prevent transmission of the disease in malaria-endemic areas.