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    Asen: Good God, didn't any of you see the most recent adaptation of I Am Legend? Curing disease in unusual, even ingenious ways is the surest bet to bring ... more »
    EtrnL_Frost: Oh, great. So instead of a sting and a lollipop, our children get to look forward to a sting and an itchy bump. Awesome. I'm all for it! more »
    Dr Emilio Lizardo: Wait till a parent claims this vaccine, that he never consented to, gave her baby autism. Then where will we be? I mean, unless you work for a news o... more »
    AldoraGreel: What are you supposed to tell those populations? "Oh, well, some of the bugs will kill you. Some will vaccinate you. Let all bugs bite you. Hope t... more »
    RandomFrequentFlierDent-Hogswatch!: I think the study itself focuses less on the idea of using insects as a vector for vaccine distribution and more on the idea that as with viral and ba... more »
  • #madscience

    Get Your Malaria Vaccine Via Mosquito Bite

    Malaria kills over a million people a year, mostly in Sub-Saharan Africa where the infected mosquito population is out of control. Now, epidemiologists are developing a radical new mechanism for vaccinating at-risk populations: through mosquito bites. More »
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    Science Detectives and the Giant Malaria Drug Bust

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    Harvesting the Saliva Glands of Mosquitoes

    This dead mosquito's saliva glands are being harvested by researchers using two tiny syringes. They hope to use the insect's tainted spit to manufacture malaria vaccine more efficiently in the future. This delicate operation took place last month at Sanaria, Inc. in Maryland. Image by Tim Sloan for Getty.