New mosquito species doesn’t need blood before laying eggs
June 21st, 2012 - 12:21 pm ICT by IANS
Sydney, June 21 (IANS) Scientists have discovered a secretive and exotic species of mosquito, which, unlike others of its kind, do not require a blood meal before laying eggs.
Researchers ... Read more...
Posted in Health |
Making mosquitoes pay for every bite
July 20th, 2011 - 6:30 pm ICT by IANS
Washington, July 20 (IANS) Scientists have hit upon a novel way to kill mosquitoes with every bite they make by disrupting their blood meal digestive syetem.The approach could be the ... Read more...
Posted in World |
Mosquitoes produce proteins to fight stress from hot blood meals
April 26th, 2011 - 6:40 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Apr 26 (ANI): A new study has found that mosquitoes produce heat shock proteins to help them handle the stressful spike in body temperature during and after their hot blood meals. ... Read more...
Posted in Health Science |
Coming soon: A trap to trick pregnant mosquitoes!
December 26th, 2010 - 3:36 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Dec 26 (ANI): Experts are developing an innovative trap to fight dengue fever - using mosquitoes' motherly instincts.Researchers at the Tulane University are deploying small devices with just the right mix ... Read more...
Posted in Health Science |
Mosquitoes use different odour sensors to track human prey
September 1st, 2010 - 3:04 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Sep 1 (ANI): Malaria mosquito apparently relies on a battery of different types of odour sensors to mediate its most critical behaviours, including how to choose and locate their blood-meal hosts, ... Read more...
Posted in Health Science |
New discovery may help prevent malaria transmission
March 12th, 2010 - 3:21 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, March 12 (ANI): A research team from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), part of the National Institutes of Health, has made a novel discovery that could help ... Read more...
Posted in Health Science |
How mosquitoes find a host
March 10th, 2010 - 1:36 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, March 10 (ANI): Agricultural Research Service (ARS) scientists have found how the potentially deadly yellow-fever-transmitting Aedes aegypti mosquito finds a host.They have discovered that the mosquito detects the specific chemical structure ... Read more...
Posted in Health Science |
Preventing mosquitoes from urinating may help control disease spread
March 4th, 2010 - 4:07 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, March 4 (ANI): American researchers have discovered a new protein that may help control disease-spreading mosquitoes.The study conducted by Cornell scientists has appeared in the March 4, 2010 issue of the ... Read more...
Posted in Health Science |
The real life vampires who stalk you throughout the year
October 31st, 2009 - 5:17 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Oct 31 (ANI): While the obsession with classic bloodsuckers like Dracula dies out after Halloween, there are vampires that are real and could be stalking us all throughout the year.New information ... Read more...
Posted in Health Science |
Body odour attracts mosquitoes
October 27th, 2009 - 1:59 pm ICT by IANS
Washington, Oct 27 (IANS) A dominant odour given off by humans and birds tempts mosquitoes to prey on both, transmitting the West Nile virus and other lethal diseases, a new study has ... Read more...
Posted in Sci-Tech |
Why mosquitoes like to feast on human blood
October 27th, 2009 - 1:26 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Oct 27 (ANI): Scientists at the University of California, Davis, have discovered why mosquitoes like to feast on the blood of humans.They have identified a dominant odour naturally produced in humans ... Read more...
Posted in Health Science |
Mosquitoes may teach scientists a trick to block malaria transmission
March 6th, 2009 - 4:42 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, March 6 (ANI): Scientists may soon be equipped with a way to block the spread of malaria, as a team of researchers have for the first time revealed the means ... Read more...
Posted in Health Science |
Protein plays critical role in transmitting malaria parasite
May 29th, 2008 - 12:33 pm ICT by admin
Washington, May 29 (ANI): Researchers at the University of South Florida have shown that a transmembrane protein called MAEBL plays a critical role in transmitting the deadly malaria parasite.The study showed ... Read more...
Posted in Life Style |
Scientists find pathway that lets mosquitoes survive winters cold
April 25th, 2008 - 3:59 pm ICT by admin
Washington, Apr 25 (ANI): Scientists studying mosquito life cycle have identified two genes within the insulin signalling pathway of the insects that helps them to survive winters cold.They study led ... Read more...
Posted in Health Science |
Scientists put the bite on mosquitoes
January 17th, 2008 - 1:20 pm ICT by admin
Washington, Jan 17 (ANI): Mosquito bites have many times proved fatal for human beings. But if researchers from The University of Arizona in Tucson have their way, one-day mosquito bites may prove ... Read more...
Posted in Health Science |
Sea cucumber protein may impair development of malaria parasites
December 21st, 2007 - 2:59 pm ICT by admin
Washington, Dec 21 (ANI): A new study has suggested that a sea cucumber protein, CEL-III, could be used as an effective tool to inhibit the development of the malaria parasite.Researchers genetically engineered ... Read more...
Posted in Health Science |