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Promising New Malaria Vaccine Can Be Injected by Mosquito Bite


Mosquitoes are normally associated with spreading malaria rather than preventing it, but in a new study scientists have used the insects to administer a promising new vaccine that could offer much better protection against the disease than current options.

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