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September 16, 2013

Toward making people invisible to mosquitoes
Indianapolis IN (SPX) Sep 13, 2013
In an advance toward providing mosquito-plagued people, pets and livestock with an invisibility cloak against these blood-sucking insects, scientists today described discovery of substances that occur naturally on human skin and block mosquitoes' ability to smell and target their victims. The presentation was among almost 7,000 scheduled here this week at the 246th National Meeting and Exposition of the American Chemical Society, the world's largest scientific society. Thousands of scientists and ... read more

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