New Way to Control Disease-Spreading Mosquitoes: Make Them Hold Their Urine

Wednesday, March 3, 2010 - 16:49 in Health & Medicine

Cornell researchers have found a protein that may lead to a new way to control mosquitoes that spread dengue fever, yellow fever and other diseases when they feed on humans: Prevent them from urinating as they feed on blood. (American Journal of Physiology, March 4, 2010)

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