Oct 31, 2025
Too much can kill the mosquito — too little can also kill it. But the right amount can strengthen the mosquito’s defenses and stop malaria transmission. Today, the Goldilocks dose. Emma Camacho shares how a natural compound called L-DOPA strengthens mosquitoes’ defenses at just the right concentration, revealing a...
Sep 9, 2025
Feeding mosquitoes L-DOPA can either strengthen their defences against malaria or shorten their lifespan — showing that in vector control, the dose makes the difference
Transcript
As with all medicine, the dose determines whether something helps or harms.
Researchers recently looked at a substance commonly found in...
Aug 29, 2025
How do you turn vast amounts of genetic data into actionable insight – efficiently and accurately? Professor Bryan Greenhouse of UCSF discusses a series of “hackathons” at the Johns Hopkins Malaria Research Institute (JHMRI) that bring together scientists from around the world to tackle one of the...
Aug 5, 2025
A new study in Kenya shows that mass
drug administration of ivermectin safely reduced malaria cases by
26%, offering a promising supplement to insecticide-based
prevention. Transcript Bed nets and insecticides are commonly used to prevent
malaria transmission. But insecticide resistance is making those
tools less...