Sterilization of mosquitoes by artificial blood

US scientists use artificial blood to sterilize deadly mosquitoes.

Artificial blood plasma sterilization mosquitoes

UPI, June 25, University of Kentucky researchers hope the development of artificial blood groups can help them break through the mosquito-borne research.

Researchers in Kentucky are using artificial blood to boost their mosquitoes. (Photo: Shutterstock)

To create a real-life, artificial blood, Professor of Medicine and Entomology Stepehn Dobson and his colleagues used a natural bacterium called Wolbachia to make artificial blood. This blood type is used to feed the mosquitoes that have been sterilized. They are then released out to prevent the reproduction of the natural mosquito populations .

This method of using artificial hematopoietic necrosis improves the economic and effective sterilization of mosquito populations. Scientists are continuing to work on similar methods to combat other pathogenic mosquitoes.