What If A Drug Could Make Your Blood Deadly To Mosquitoes?
That's what researchers wondered as they look at new ways to stop the spread of malaria. A new study reports on the impact of ivermectin on skeeters.
Imagine this: A pesky mosquito sips some of your blood. Hours later, the blood-sucker drops dead, poisoned by the very blood it just slurped down.
That may sound too good to be true, but it's a tantalizing possibility, according to published this week in the journal . The study points to a potential new tool to fight malaria: the medication . Studies conducted in the 2000s, including , show that malaria-carrying mosquitoes die after feeding on individuals who have
