In lab tests, salt water spiked with the drugs killed the mosquitoes' appetite for human blood and the effect lasted for about a week.
While the diet drugs couldn't be used in the wild, the researchers have found a harmless compound which can do the same thing.
Experts say we need new ways to stop mosquitoes, because they're becoming resistant to pesticides.
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