Scientists use mosquitoes deliver malaria 'vaccine' via bites (AP)


Mosquitoes are among Orkin's list of top four pests to avoid this Fourth of July.  (PRNewsFoto/Orkin, Inc.)AP - In a daring experiment in Europe, scientists used mosquitoes as flying needles to deliver a "vaccine" of live malaria parasites through their bites. The results were astounding: Everyone in the vaccine group acquired immunity to malaria; everyone in a non-vaccinated comparison group did not, and developed malaria when exposed to the parasites later.



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