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DARPA RFI – ReVector (DARPA vs. the Mosquito)

By the end of the four-year program, DAPRA hopes that researchers can demonstrate “a safe, precise treatment that delivers a 100-fold reduction in mosquito feeding. In the age-old war against the pesky, disease-carrying mosquito, the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency is trying a new tactic. Rather than depend on bed nets, repellants or anti-malarial therapeutics

New Drug for Recurring Malaria

A new drug to treat malaria has been given the green light by authorities in the United States. The medicine is specifically for the recurring form of malaria – caused by the parasite plasmodium vivax – which makes 8.5 million people ill each year. This type of malaria is a particular challenge to get rid