{"id":40197,"date":"2019-01-10T17:59:47","date_gmt":"2019-01-10T12:29:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.forumias.com\/?p=40197"},"modified":"2019-01-10T17:59:47","modified_gmt":"2019-01-10T12:29:47","slug":"a-bio-safe-way-to-fight-mosquitoes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/a-bio-safe-way-to-fight-mosquitoes\/","title":{"rendered":"A \u2018bio-safe\u2019 way to fight mosquitoes"},"content":{"rendered":"

A \u2018bio-safe\u2019 way to fight mosquitoes<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

News<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n

Researchers at the University of Arizona have discovered a protein that prevents mosquitoes from hatching, thus taking a major step toward developing a \u201cmosquito birth control\u201d drug<\/p>\n

Important facts<\/strong><\/p>\n

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  1. Scientists selectively blocked the activity of the protein – which they named Eggshell Organizing Factor 1, or EOF-1 – in female mosquitoes<\/li>\n
  2. After that the mosquitos laid eggs with defective egg shells, leading to the death of the embryos inside<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Significance of the discovery:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

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    1. Developing drug targeting the protein could interrupt mosquito egg formation and reduce mosquito populations in areas of human disease transmission without harming beneficial insects such as honey bees.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

      Additional Facts:<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n

      Mosquito Threat:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

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      1. According to the World Health Organization (WHO), mosquitoes are one of the world\u2019s deadliest insects<\/li>\n
      2. Malaria, a disease spread by mosquitoes infected around 216 million people in 2016, killing 445,000 of them<\/li>\n
      3. Other diseases spread by mosquitoes include Zika, chikungunya, yellow fever, West Nile virus and dengue<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

        A \u2018bio-safe\u2019 way to fight mosquitoes News Researchers at the University of Arizona have discovered a protein that prevents mosquitoes from hatching, thus taking a major step toward developing a \u201cmosquito birth control\u201d drug Important facts Scientists selectively blocked the activity of the protein – which they named Eggshell Organizing Factor 1, or EOF-1 –… Continue reading A \u2018bio-safe\u2019 way to fight mosquitoes<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":61,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[555],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-40197","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-test-1","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","views":{"total":0,"cached_at":"","cached_date":1704836868},"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40197","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/61"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=40197"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40197\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=40197"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=40197"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=40197"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}