This tech giant is gearing up to remove mosquitoes around the worldIt’s unclear what would happen if the world’s disease-causing mosquitoes were done away with.
30 Nov, 2018, 11.18 AM IST
- 'Gene therapy, biotechnology can tackle deforestation and air pollution'
Kolkata, June 19 (IANS) Gene therapy and biotechnology can be used to tackle environmental issues like deforestation and air pollution, whi...
19 Jun, 2018, 10.02 PM IST
- Google's machine-raised mosquitoes to shrink vector's numbers
San Francisco, July 23 (IANS) Google's parent company Alphabet and scientists in the US have teamed up to release 20 million machine-raised...
23 Jul, 2017, 01.47 PM IST
India, Australia university to work on trials on novel dengue-control methodAs part of a Memorandum of Understanding signed here between ICMR and Monash University, the efficacy of the disease-control method will be...
07 Feb, 2017, 04.33 PM IST
New 'super-infected' mosquitoes may help fight dengue, ZikaStudies show that when a mosquito bites an infected person, the ability of the virus to spread throughout the Wolbachia-infected insect's t...
19 Feb, 2016, 04.28 PM IST
China-made mosquitoes to fight Zika virusThe team managed to lower the mosquito population by 90% last year using the same technique and helped containing dengue outbreak.
18 Feb, 2016, 03.01 PM IST
A look at strategies adopted by other countries to combat dengueWHO, together with national and Cambodia authorities, is testing a long-lasting insecticide treated netting cover for household water stora...
18 Sep, 2015, 10.24 AM IST
New way to prevent dengue fever foundDengue is a viral infection spread between humans by Aedes aegypti mosquitoes. Dengue causes flu-like symptoms, including intense headaches...
01 Apr, 2015, 06.36 PM IST