Discover nitisinone, a drug for rare diseases that could also combat mosquitoes and their transmission of malaria.

Low doses of a drug already approved for treating rare genetic conditions in humans kills mosquitoes dead. Scientists say it ...

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 ...

The female Anopheles mosquito may well be the most dangerous creature on Earth. When she lands on human skin ... If this saliva contains Plasmodia parasites, the victims will soon suffer severe ...

Now, in a study published Friday (July 15) in Cell Metabolism, researchers describe the complicated tug-of-war between host and parasite that appears to explain ... how applicable the mouse models are ...

Millions of people worldwide are affected by African sleeping sickness, Chagas disease and other life-threatening infections ...

The parasites known to cause babesiosis are shown here infecting red blood cells under the microscope. (Image credit: Smith Collection/Gado / Contributor via Getty Images) Typical symptoms of ...

Diseases have the potential to shape human evolution, leaving an indelible mark ... researchers concluded that Chagas disease, a deadly tropical disease caused by a parasite, drove a strong pulse of ...

Nitisinone, a medication typically prescribed for individuals with rare inherited diseases, has been shown to make human ...

Researchers found when patients take the drug nitisinone, their blood becomes deadly to mosquitoes ... with malaria parasites, they spread the disease when they feast on a human.