The potentially deadly yellow-fever-transmitting Aedes aegypti mosquito detects the specific chemical structure of a compound called octenol as one way to find a mammalian host for a blood meal, Agricultural Research Service (ARS) scientists report.

Scientists have long known that mosquitoes can detect octenol, but this most recent finding by ARS entomologists Joseph Dickens and Jonathan Bohbot explains in greater detail how Ae. aegypti--and possibly other mosquito species--accomplish this.

Approval of APIDRA® gives a shot-in-the-arm to treatment of diabetes, especially in countries like the UAE where diabetes prevalence is among the highest in the world.
Sanofi-aventis announced today that the European Commission has approved APIDRA® (insulin glulisine [rDNA origin] injection), a rapid-acting insulin analog for the control of hyperglycemia in adolescents and children (6 years and older) with diabetes.

Medical thought-leaders and key regional decision-makers to discuss strategies to improve diabetes care in the Middle East during the high-profile conference held from May 28-29 at Grand Hyatt Hotel Dubai: Prominent healthcare professionals from around the world will gather in Dubai next week for a major symposium and media seminar on diabetes treatment, entitled ‘Developing actions for better Outcomes in Diabetes care – Devoted,’ to be held at the city’s Grand Hyatt Hotel.