Bee@mander.xyz to science@lemmy.worldEnglish · 7 days agoDrug turns human blood into poison for mosquitoes.news.nd.eduexternal-linkmessage-square40fedilinkarrow-up1234arrow-down12
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minus-squareMonkderVierte@lemmy.mlcakelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up15arrow-down5·7 days ago When mosquitoes drink blood that contains nitisinone, the drug also blocks this crucial HPPD enzyme in their bodies. This prevents the mosquitoes from properly digesting the blood, causing them to quickly die. This is starving not poisoning.
minus-squareHalosheep@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up34arrow-down2·6 days agoThis has the same vibe as “the bullet didn’t kill them, it was the blood loss that got them”
minus-squareCluckN@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·6 days agoWhat if the mosquito can’t drink so it goes for a protein bar instead?
minus-squarejagged_circle@feddit.nllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·6 days agoa mosquito walks into a protein bar…
minus-squareRicky Rigatoni@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·5 days agoThe bartender says "why the long nose?x
minus-squaredavad@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·5 days agoIf you look at the mechanisms of poisons, they all mess up some process in the animal or plant. For example, Glyphosate is a very effective herbicide. It prevents plants from producing some amino aids. It “starves” the plant.
This is starving not poisoning.
This has the same vibe as “the bullet didn’t kill them, it was the blood loss that got them”
What if the mosquito can’t drink so it goes for a protein bar instead?
a mosquito walks into a protein bar…
The bartender says "why the long nose?x
If you look at the mechanisms of poisons, they all mess up some process in the animal or plant.
For example, Glyphosate is a very effective herbicide. It prevents plants from producing some amino aids. It “starves” the plant.
Sounds like both?