Discover : There are genes that can distinguish the human smell in mosquito's body

Discover : There are genes that can distinguish the human smell in mosquito's body

The researchers of Yale University of special despatch found www.xinhuanet.com Beijing a few days ago on February 4, there are genes that can distinguish the human smell in mosquito's body, this will contribute to developing more pointed anthelmintic and method to seek to control malaria.
According to Reuter's report, researchers of Yale University John and Carleson find the ridge Bia's anopheles transmitting malaria after sampling to analyze, 50 exists in ridge Bia's anopheles' body One kind of genes used for distinguishing human body's different smell. Researchers still analyse the particular human smell that each kind of gene directs against, including attracting the human smell kind of the mosquito most.
The researcher plants the gene in ridge Bia's anopheles' body into the nerve cell in fruit bat's body, found finally, actually after the slow in reaction fruit bat to human smell was planted into some genes, can perceive the human smell, what genes are used for distinguishing the human smell in the body thus distinguish anopheleses.
Carleson is think, apply the result of study to, drive the intersection of mosquito and pharmaceutical, may interfere with to take a sniff at, feel mosquito, contribute to killing mosquitoes better, infect and have great meanings for controlling malaria.
The statistics show, the whole world have nearly 5 hundred million people infect with malaria every year, about 100 people Wan die of malaria, among them the majority is women or children .
This research results are published in one newly in Britain >On the magazine .
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