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Malaysian prince is promoting a novel weapon against the worsening scourge of dengue fever

Emily

Emily

Editor, Senior Moderator
They hope this can be used to fight malaria, too, and say it will cost 1/8 of what using DDT costs and claim that this is a safer alternative.

Malaysian prince promotes protein pill to fight dengue fever
AFP
Published: 00:00 June 8, 2012
Gulf News


Kuala Lumpur A Malaysian prince is promoting a novel weapon against the worsening scourge of dengue fever: a protein ?pill? that starves mosquito larvae and could revolutionise the global dengue fight.
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A former diplomat and son of Malaysia?s past king, Naquiyuddin, 65, has been involved in a wide range of philanthropic and charitable pursuits, but dengue has been a particular passion.

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Among Naquiyuddin?s diverse business activities is the biotech company he founded in 2007, EntoGenex, which has taken a pre-existing protein called the Trypsin Modulating Oostatic Factor, or TMOF, and developed it into what he calls a fatal ?diet pill? for mosquitoes.
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A recent field trial in the suburb where he lives north of the capital Kuala Lumpur caused dengue cases to disappear...
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