Tag: dengue
TMOF Pill Starves Mosquito Larvae to Death
MALAYSIA – Biotechnology company, EntoGenex introduces a “diet pill” that can help fight off dengue. The pill contains a protein called Trypsin Modulating Oostatic Factor (TMOF) that shuts down mosquito larvae digestive system, starving them to death before they can […]
Dengue Virus turns mosquitoes hungrier
A new study from the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health shows that infection with dengue virus turns on mosquito genes that makes them hungrier and better feeders, and therefore possibly more likely to spread the disease to […]
