In clinical trials, researchers are developing a new malaria vaccine by using boxes full of mosquitoes to inject people with antibodies.
Dr. Manny Alvarez answers if mosquitoes can be a carrier of coronavirus and transmit the illness to another personby sticking people's forearms over a box full of mosquitoes.
Researchers at the University of Washington are using mosquitoes to inject human participants with genetically modifiedthat stop them from getting sick. However, their bodies produce antibodies that make them capable of fighting the real disease. "We use the mosquitoes like they’re 1,000 small flying syringes," said Dr. Sean Murphy, a University of Washington physician, in a recent paper. Murphy is not planning to vaccinate people by using mosquitoes. Instead, the practice will only be used in clinical trials, although using live mosquitoes to feed on the subjects is considered arcane.
The team chose to use the mosquitos because injections of the modified parasite via needles are more expensive and time-consuming, according to NPR. Moreover, Dr. Kirsten Lyke of the University of Maryland School of Med
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