The "toxic male technique" aims to breed mosquitoes ... peer-reviewed journal Nature Communications on Tuesday evening. The mosquito has killed as many as 50 billion people over the course of ...

What if the solution to combat disease-carrying mosquitoes lies in their own reproduction? Australian researchers have ...

But this new research shows that "toxic males" that shorten the lifespan of female mosquitoes could also be effective. It's only the females of mosquito species like Aedes aegypti and Anopheles ...

Researchers from Macquarie University in Australia introduced a new 'biological pest control' which is targeting a way to reduce mosquito reproduction by using the new approach called 'Toxic Male ...

A study on fruit flies completed by researchers with Macquarie University suggests that genetic modification of male mosquitoes could help minimise the spread of illnesses linked with the insects.

Insect pests pose a growing threat to global ... Their targets are only present within invertebrates, so they aren't toxic in any way to mammals, and they are not likely to cause harm when ...

It targets only disease-carrying mosquito species without affecting other insects. This precision reduces risks to biodiversity and limits the use of chemical pesticides. Moreover, the toxic proteins ...