Wednesday, February 3, 2010

Mosquito noses

Hello world,
Well, maybe mosquitoes don't have noses in the same way we humans do, but researchers at Yale have found the receptors that are responsible for the insects ability to find humans. The lab there used fruit flies without olfactory senses of their own, and systematically injected them into the bugs. This paves the way for more effective ways of killing or repelling mosquitoes. This means malaria could become a disease hardly ever contracted. I only hope the bloodsuckers don't become accustomed to such things.
Here's the link;
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/02/100203131358.htm
Knights and away!

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