Scientists Transplant Mosquito's Nose, Advance Fight Against Malaria
Monday, February 15, 2010 - 16:42
in Biology & Nature
Scientists at Vanderbilt and Yale universities have successfully transplanted most of the "nose" of the mosquito that spreads malaria into frog eggs and fruit flies and are employing these surrogates to combat the spread of the deadly and debilitating disease that afflicts 500 million people.