Biting Back: Research Could Lead to Mosquitoes Being Susceptible to Diseases They Transmit
Tuesday, May 17, 2011 - 10:00
in Biology & Nature
A Kansas State University biologist is using a nearly $1.5 million NIH grant to study the role of the serpin-2 molecule in mosquito immunity. Findings could stop the transmission of malaria and other mosquito-spread diseases by making mosquitoes susceptible to the very diseases they transmit.
