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Discover Magazine, a U.S. monthly publication that focuses on science topics, has ranked a recent breakthrough in malaria research as #13 in its . The highlighted study, originally published in a May 2011 edition of Science, identified a bacterium present in certain mosquitoes that stops the development of the parasite that causes malaria.

Led by George Dimopoulos, PhD, associate professor at the and the , the discovery presents new possibilities in the fight against malaria. If scientists can increase the presence of the bacterium in more mosquitoes, it could be a major step forward in decreasing incidents of the disease in humans.

“It would be like a probiotic for the mosquito,” Dimopoulos told Discover Magazine.

For more information, please read the Bloomberg School’s on the study.

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