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Bee to science@lemmy.worldEnglish • 2 months ago

Drug turns human blood into poison for mosquitoes.

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Drug turns human blood into poison for mosquitoes.

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Bee to science@lemmy.worldEnglish • 2 months ago
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Rare disease drug nitisinone makes human blood deadly to mosquitoes
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A study in Science Translational Medicine found when patients take the drug nitisinone, their blood becomes deadly to mosquitoes.
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    21•2 months ago

    You still get bitten, I’d say it would be a bittersweet win.

    • @rayyy@lemmy.world
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      1•2 months ago

      Eventually bugs will adapt and learn not to bit those with ivermectin in their blood.

    • @voracitude@lemmy.world
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      7•2 months ago

      It’d be a Pyrrhic victory, no question. Real “I’ll break your fists with my face” energy.

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