Saturday, July 30, 2011

UA Looking to Take a Bite Out of Mosquitoes

What if mosquitoes could die from eating? It's something that researchers at the University of Arizona in Tucson are looking into.

A team of biochemists has discovered that mosquitoes die soon after consuming a blood meal if certain proteins are experimentally disrupted.

Here is some potentially great news for those of us who enjoy the outdoors!

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