A Malaria Drug Turns Mosquito Bites Into Vaccine Boosters (in Mice)
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Could Mosquito Bites Stop the Disease That Kills a Child Every 2 Minutes?
The post Could Mosquito Bites Stop the Disease That Kills a Child Every 2 Minutes? appeared first on A-Z Animals.For scientists studying malaria, the mosquito has always been viewed as the enemy. But recent research has turned that view upside down. Researchers in Australia have found a way to turn bites from the malaria-carrying Anopheles species of mosquito into a potential immunity-boosting vaccination. The discovery may solve a problem that …
To be honest, my first thought when I saw this study was, "Oh well, this one!", but I kept an open mind. Well, I don't want to influence you further, so I'll tell you how it comes. So: somewhere in sub-Saharan Africa, every two minutes, amid malaria and other disasters, a mother loses a child to a mosquito bite. This is a fact. These are data the World Health Organization keeps repeating, and which (evidently) continue to be insufficient to spee…
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