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| June 12 || Scientific development || Research team from Britain and Japan discovers how mosquitoes fly by using high-speed cameras and computer images to understand the mechanics of how the insect moves its wings to stay in the air. This knowledge is expected to help find ways to stop mosquitoes from spreading diseases like [[wikipedia:malaria|malaria]] and [[wikipedia:zika virus|zika]] in the future.<ref>{{cite web|title=Scientists Uncover Mystery of Mosquito Flight|url=https://learningenglish.voanews.com/a/scientists-uncover-mystery-of-mosquito-flight/3884385.html|website=voanews.com|accessdate=15 June 2017}}</ref> || [[wikipedia:United Kingdom|United Kingdom]], [[wikipedia:Japan|Japan]]
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| June 13 || Discovery (drug) || International research team finds that antimalarial drug [[wikipedia:pyrimethamine|pyrimethamine]] reduces levels of protein [[wikipedia:SOD1|SOD1]] in the [[wikipedia:cerebrospinal fluid|cerebrospinal fluid]] of patients with familial [[wikipedia:Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis|amyotrophic lateral sclerosis]], and the amount of lowering is related to the dose of pyrimethamine. While there is currently no cure for [[wikipedia:Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis|ALS]], this study represents the first time a drug lowers a protein known to be relevant to disease progression.<ref>{{cite web|title=Malaria Drug Shows Promise for Lou Gehrig's Disease|url=http://www.newsmax.com/Health/Health-News/stephen-hawking-als-lou-gehrig-malaria/2017/06/13/id/795700/|website=newsmax.com|accessdate=25 June 2017}}</ref> ||
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| June 14 || Scientific development || Researchers at [[wikipedia:Pennsylvania State University|Pennsylvania State University]] identify a weakness in malaria parasite, ''[[wikipedia:Plasmodium falciparum|Plasmodium falciparum]]'' by blocking the [[wikipedia:protein|protein]] PfAP2-I, that is used by the parasite to enter the cells where it replicates billions of times before bursting forth into the bloodstream.<ref>{{cite web|title=Scientists Find 'Achilles Heel' in Malaria Parasite|url=https://www.voanews.com/a/scientists-achilles-heel-malaria-parasite/3900662.html|website=voanews.com|accessdate=14 June 2017}}</ref> || United States
