Archive for November, 2008
Monthly Archive
Tuesday, November 25th, 2008
Researchers Put the Bite on Researchers Put the Bite on Mosquitoes
Pathogens spread by female mosquitoes kill millions of people a year. But UA scientists are turning the tables on these bloodsuckers and biting back. Led by biochemistry professor Roger Miesfeld, researchers discovered that after drinking blood, mosquitoes need to quickly excrete toxic ammonia in order to lay eggs and survive. Now the team is in [...]
