To tackle the menace of malaria, researchers have found a new way which targets the fertility of malaria-carrying mosquitoes. Anopheles gambiae mosquitoes are the main carriers of malaria. The researchers interfered with the enzyme which is partly responsible for protecting the stored sperms in female Anopheles gambiae mosquitoes, they fertilised fewer eggs and thus produced fewer offspring. The females mate only once during their lives and store the sperm ...Thursday 10 April 2014
By Reducing Fertility of Female Mosquitoes, Researchers Device Way to Tackle Malaria
To tackle the menace of malaria, researchers have found a new way which targets the fertility of malaria-carrying mosquitoes. Anopheles gambiae mosquitoes are the main carriers of malaria. The researchers interfered with the enzyme which is partly responsible for protecting the stored sperms in female Anopheles gambiae mosquitoes, they fertilised fewer eggs and thus produced fewer offspring. The females mate only once during their lives and store the sperm ...
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