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In 2025, Harvard University developed a chemical coating for insecticide-treated bed nets that blocks malaria parasites inside mosquitoes instead of killing the insects. It produced a breakthrough that could fight malaria without increasing insecticide resistance- In 2009, scientists revealed the world's most annoying insect, mosquito, turned out to have a romantic side
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- These large- and mid-cap stocks can give more than 27% return in 1 year, according to analystsThere are times when the market debates which set of stocks is doing better: Mid-caps or large-caps? But the fact is that it is more import...18 Jul, 2025, 12.58 AM IST
- CRISPR, brighter than AI: India must invest in innovation, ethical use of this transformative gene-editing toolIndia has the chance to lead in CRISPR technology by driving ethical gene editing innovations in healthcare, agriculture, and environmental...12 Mar, 2025, 10.58 PM IST
- Best Mosquito Nets for Doors in India: Convenient Protections Against Mosquitos (2024)Are you looking for an efficient way to let the fresh air flow in your home while restricting mosquitoes? If so, then continue reading this...25 Nov, 2024, 05.34 PM IST
- Stock picks of the week: 5 stocks with consistent score improvement and upside potential of up to 44%With Nifty and Sensex touching a new high, bullish sentiment has further spread on the Street. It is not very obvious but some of the pre-e...31 Aug, 2024, 05.45 AM IST
- UN authorises 2nd malaria vaccine, developed by Oxford University with help from Serum Institute of IndiaResearch suggests it is more than 75% effective and that protection is maintained for at least another year with a booster. Tedros said the...02 Oct, 2023, 09.31 PM IST
- Transforming mosquitoes from foes to friends in the battle against dengue fever; Everything explainedIn Honduras, where 10,000 people are known to be sickened by dengue each year, Doctors Without Borders is partnering with the mosquito prog...13 Sep, 2023, 11.50 AM IST
- Artificial light may aid in controlling malaria, likely to alter mosquito biologyThe use of artificial lights can trick malaria-transmitting mosquito species that feed nocturnally into behaving as if it's daytime.04 Jun, 2022, 05.52 PM IST
- Miraculous medicines are always more myth than reality: Pandemics, prophylactics and pice packetsOseltamivir was that drug during bird flu several years back, and hydroxychloroquine (HCQ) is the drug today. President Trump’s demands for...17 Apr, 2020, 11.41 PM IST
- Eliminating a species of mosquitoes that cause dengue is possible, but regulations come its wayDespite a decade, GBIT took long to get an approval for field trial in India given the government’s overtly cautious approach with GM techn...05 Dec, 2017, 04.40 PM IST
- Cigarette butts to eliminate mosquitoes?Bengaluru, Sep 22 (IANS) Cigarette butts (CBs) thrown into garbage as trash can be turned into a valuable resource for killing mosquitoes t...22 Sep, 2017, 12.37 PM IST
- This fish eats mosquito larvae, may keep malaria at bayUsing conventional techniques like spraying of insecticides, repellants, fogging and other chemicals to curtail the growth of mosquitoes no...03 Jun, 2014, 10.55 PM IST
- World Health Organisation calls for greater investment to check malariaEven though the number of confirmed malaria cases in the region decreased from 2.9 million in 2000 to 2 million in 2012, malaria remains a ...24 Apr, 2014, 04.02 PM IST
- Malaria research requires USD 8.3 billion: ReportThe study warns that R&D investments are critical, given the emergence of drug resistance in the malaria parasite and insecticide resistanc...06 Dec, 2013, 02.47 PM IST
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