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This drug can turn your blood into mosquito poison
Nitisinone kills even insecticide-resistant mosquitoes.
Research in the late 20th century discovered that nitisinone was also effective in treating tyrosinemia type I and alkaptonuria, two rare genetic disorders that impair the body’s ability to metabolize tyrosine. Earlier this year, researchers writing in Science Translational Medicine found that mosquitoes that fed on the blood of humans taking nitisinone died within several hours of their meal. Evidence that mere exposure to surfaces treated with the drug is an effective skeeter killer suggests nitisinone could potentially be applied to nets or other bedding materials as an alternative to traditional insecticides.
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