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Mosquitoes: a Cure for Malaria?

Scientist takes risks to find cure

By Victoria Floethe, Newser User

Posted Dec 13, 2008 4:02 AM CST

(Newser) – Mosquitoes land, swap a little of your blood for parasites that head straight to your liver, and so cause a million malaria-related deaths every year, writes Jason Fagone in Esquire. But what if you took those same mosquitoes and irradiated them? You get weakened parasites... Read full story »

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