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Re: Bad News for Mosquitoes: Scent Receptor Research May Lead to Better Traps, Repellents

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avatar Bad News for Mosquitoes: Scent Receptor Research May Lead to Better Traps, Repellents
February 03, 2010 05:27PM
ScienceDaily (Feb. 4, 2010) — Researchers have found more than two dozen scent receptors in malaria-transmitting mosquitoes that detect compounds in human sweat, a finding that may help scientists to develop new ways to combat a disease that kills 1 million people annually.

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/02/100203131358.htm
avatar Re: Bad News for Mosquitoes: Scent Receptor Research May Lead to Better Traps, Repellents
February 03, 2010 06:21PM
Just in time -- they were out in droves tonight!
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