Human Scent To Help Attract Mosquito-Eating Arachnid
London: The stinky smell of sweaty socks may force you out of a room, but scientists have found that the odour enthrals a spider that preys on malaria-carrying mosquito Anopheles gambiae.

Researchers who made this amazing discovery said their findings could lead to novel ways to combat malaria that kills thousands of people every year.

In a bid to combat malaria with vaccines, Pune-based Gennova Biopharmaceuticals has tied up with Tulane University School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine to produce a vaccine to block transmission of malarial parasite from mosquitoes to humans.

Sanjay Singh, CEO of Gennova Pharmaceuticals, said the project is part of PATH Malaria Vaccine Initiative (MVI), a global programme set up with a

New Delhi: Despite criticism that it should restrict itself to only areas of strategic importance or high-tech weapon systems, DRDO continues to press on regardless in other areas as well.

After malaria caused havoc in 2010, Sion hospital doctors predict a worse situation in 2011. To combat it, the hospital is launching a pilot project in a month, in Bandra.

India To Join Phase-3 Of Tests; Shot Has Shown 90% Efficacy So Far
New Delhi: India could soon be part of a large global trial to test the world

New Delhi: India has missed the National Health Policy target to eliminate kala-azar

Kuala Lumpur: Malaysia released about 6,000 genetically modified mosquitoes into a forest in the first experiment of its kind in Asia aimed at curbing dengue fever, officials said on Wednesday.

The field test is meant to pave the way for the use of genetically engineered Aedes aegypti male mosquitoes to mate with females and produce no offspring or ones with shorter lives, thus curtailing t