Doctors accidentally created a drug that turns human blood into poison for mosquitoes (3 photos)

There is not much time left before the mosquito season begins. Before you know it, it will be time for night concerts from bloodsuckers.





But not everything is so sad, medicine does not stand still. Scientists are trying their best to create new drugs for the treatment of various complex genetic diseases. Sometimes they create such masterpieces that you are amazed.

During the latest tests, microbiologists from the Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine accidentally discovered that the blood of patients who took a drug to treat a genetic disease turned out to be poisonous to mosquitoes. The unfortunate bloodsuckers died a heroic death after a hearty "lunch".

The drug blocks the production of a certain protein, which leads to a decrease in the toxic by-products of the disease in the human body. But when mosquitoes drink blood with nitisinone, they quickly die.



After this discovery, scientists came up with a brilliant plan, reliable as a Swiss watch. In a nutshell, they decided that it was possible to create a drug that would be harmless to humans, which would turn blood into poison for insects.

"One way to stop the spread of insect-borne diseases is to make the blood of animals and people toxic to these blood-sucking insects," says microbiologist Lee R. Haynes.



Now scientists are testing the viability of their hypothesis and assure that the drug will be effective in killing mosquitoes of all ages, including older insects, which are more likely to carry malaria.