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Eugene Gu, MD
eugenegu
We can genetically engineer mosquitoes to produce antibodies against malaria. Using gene drive, we can propagate the mutation to the entire population of mosquitoes. This will save millions upon millions
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Aproko Doctor
aproko_doctor
A few things you need to know about Malaria:If your genotype is AA you are at risk of severe malariaGenotype AS offers some sort of protection against malariaGenotype AC also
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Perran Ross
MosWhisperer
Record day of mosquito blood feeding today. ~5000 female mosquitoes fed and 16 mL of blood lost. For anyone interested, here's a time-lapse of the mosquitoes feeding:https://twitter.com/MosWhisperer/status/942694857457385472?s=19
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In Pursuit of Truth
IPOT1776
"I don't like mosquitoes. I don't like mosquitoes at all." - POTUS Where I'm going with this begins at 35:28https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HY-oJpu6AiA Malaria comes with mosquitoes.COV-19 is treated with an anti-malaria drugMal
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Felix
felixhol
At long, long, last - Mosquitoes Meet Microfluidics. The vectorChip is on bioRxiv. A short thread. 1/nhttps://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2020.10.19.345603v1 I moved to @PrakashLab in 2015 to 'do genomics on single mosquito bites
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Aproko Doctor
aproko_doctor
I woke up today and remembered a 5-year-old boy I saw as a medical student many years ago, "ordinary" malaria that we all know almost took that boy's lifeHe was
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305 Mosquito Control
305Mosquito
Weather and time permitting, truck spraying for adult #mosquitoes will occur in the following areas during the predawn hours TOMORROW: Coral Gables (E of Ponce Circle Park, on UM Campus)Kendall
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Kristene & her cats are socially distancing
KristenePerron
Masks are an inconvenience? When I lived in the Cook Islands, there was an outbreak of hemorrhagic dengue fever, which is transmitted through mosquitoes. There were a LOT of mosquitoes
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#FreeAssange&IdrisKhattak #FreePalestine&Kashmir
SaniRattani
Hey twitter, I guess it's about time I put this out there just in case there was anyone who was willing to help before I inevitably decide to kill myself
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Perran Ross
MosWhisperer
New paper on the stability of Wolbachia in mosquitoes is out today on bioRxiv. Thread.https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/853473v1 Remember the wMelPop or ‘popcorn’ strain of Wolbachia? It was introduced into mosquitoes to shorten
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Chris Potter
flyknows
I’m excited to announce some good news in these strange times: our work comparing the response of 3 different mosquito species towards mosquito repellents is now out in @MalariaJournal. It’s
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alex thee aqua
__electriclady
Ernestine, Eula, Eudora (one of my great uncles was named Earl lol), Priscilla, Pearlinehttps://twitter.com/morganjerkins/status/1260315663194865665 This thread reminds me of catching fireflies and getting ate up by mosquitoes before getting my
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nabi
igluesified
why do mosquitoes, fly and cockroaches exist; a very random thread common name: mosquitoesscientific name: culicidaeaverage life span: 2 weeks to 6 monthssmaller than a paper clip but can be
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Nipun Basrur
nipstah
Super excited to share my first first-author paper with @pollyp1, out now on @biorxivpreprint. We made male mosquitoes that are attracted to humans!! (1/n)https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2020.09.04.282434v1 Only female mosquitoes fe
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濕濕的夢
ntclmzq
I went to the cemetery today and got attacked by mosquitoes and ants now half of my digits are swollen like this I literally cannot bend my fingers help Anyway,
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Demigod
dammitdemi
There's approximately 200 million insects to a human in the world, right? (According to some study done in like 2008.) Since Jamaica's population is approximately 3 million, then it's safe
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