Mosquitoes are one of the world's deadliest animals, according to the World Health Organisation, which has warned that global progress against malaria is stalling. "It's an important discovery," Roger Miesfeld, head of the university's department of chemistry and biochemistry, told the Thomson Reuters Foundation by phone. This gets around mosquito resistance and also has a much better chance of being bio-safe (than other methods). "Once we knock down this protein she (the mosquito) no longer makes viable eggs even after multiple blood feedings so ... birth control is a great way to describe it. I'm not out to get rid of mosquitoes," he said.

Source: Egypt Today January 09, 2019 08:26 UTC