News articles tagged with 'insecticide'
New study shows ability of transgenic fungi to combat malaria and other bug-borne diseases
— 26 Feb 2011 16:57 | HealthNew findings by a University of Maryland-led team of scientists indicate that a genetically engineered fungus carrying genes for a human anti-malarial antibody or a scorpion anti-malarial…
Multiple approaches necessary to tackle world's food problems
— 19 Feb 2011 10:18 | EnvironmentResearchers need to use all available resources in an integrated approach to put agriculture on a path to solve the world's food problems while reducing pollution, according to a Penn…
3 trials of intermittent preventive treatment for malaria in children
— 2 Feb 2011 16:01 | HealthThree randomised controlled trials published in this week's PLoS Medicine show that intermittent preventive treatment of malaria in children adds to the benefit of sleeping under bednets…
Bedbug genetic study finds possible pesticide-resistance genes
— 20 Jan 2011 16:58 | HealthOhio State University entomologists have conducted the first genetic study of bedbugs, paving the road to the identification of potential genes associated with pesticide resistance…
Parallels between cancers, infection suppression reported
— 4 Jan 2011 21:59 | HealthTiny parasitoid wasps can play an important role in controlling the populations of other insect species by laying their eggs inside the larvae of these species. A newly hatched wasp…
New insect birth control strategy zaps cotton pests
— 7 Nov 2010 18:49 | BiologyUsing pests as part of an insect birth control program helps to get rid of them, UA researchers find. A new approach that combines the planting of pest-resistant cotton and releasing…
Genetic markers offer new clues about how malaria mosquitoes evade eradication
— 26 Oct 2010 13:41 | HealthThe development and first use of a high-density SNP array for the malaria vector mosquito have established 400,000 genetic markers capable of revealing new insights into how the insect…
High malaria transmission areas remain a problem for elimination
— 11 Aug 2010 08:36 | HealthCurrent tools for combating malaria, such as artemisinin-combination therapy and increasing coverage of long-lasting insecticide bednets can result in major reductions in Plasmodium…
Introducing the good food guide for cockroaches
— 5 Jun 2010 15:06 | BiologyIt is often striking how little we know about our closest neighbour. Until now, it was assumed that cockroaches forage on their own to find food and water. However, this work shows…
Storm runoff and sewage treatment outflow contaminated with household pesticides
— 3 Feb 2010 11:55 | EnvironmentPyrethroids, among the most widely-used home pesticides, are winding up in California rivers at levels toxic to some stream-dwellers, possibly endangering the food supply of fish and…