Zika virus, infamous for causing microcephaly, manipulates a host protein called ANKLE2 to assist its replication, which also ...

Zika virus struck the Americas hard ... the genes of Africa's native mosquitoes. "The mosquito species that spreads Zika has two forms, each with different feeding preferences and capacity ...

Mosquitoes can survive prolonged droughts by drinking blood, which helps to explain why rates of mosquito-borne illness don't ...

The mosquito-borne Zika virus is known for causing microcephaly, a birth defect in which abnormal brain development results ...

Researchers discover how Zika virus and related viruses replicate in human cells, illuminating potential new vaccines.

Mosquitoes are able to survive prolonged droughts by drinking blood, which helps to explain how their populations quickly ...

A study on fruit flies completed by researchers with Macquarie University suggests that genetic modification of male ...

Australian researchers engineered a new way to hinder the reproduction of disease-carrying mosquitoes using the TMT.

Zika virus is unusual in that it can cross the placenta and enter the fetus, where ANKLE2 is known to play a big role in brain development.

"Toxic male technique" genetically engineers male insects to produce insect-specific venom proteins in their semen.

THERE IS AN EFFORT DEEP IN THE WOODS HAPPENING RIGHT NOW IN COLLIER COUNTY THAT COULD STOP THE SPREAD OF DISEASE CARRYING ...