Protection From World's Deadliest Animal?
What a dream! Make us invisible to mosquitoes? It may just be right around the corner, according to a new study , as reported at newswise.com. At a conference yesterday, the Web site quoted scientists, who "described discovery of substances that occur naturally on human skin and block mosquitoes’ ability to smell and target their victims." Mosquitoes are more deadly to humans than any other animal (I would have called them "insect," but scientists know best, I guess). But their bites transmit malaria and other diseases that kill an estimated one million people around the world each year, newswise.com notes. "In the United States, mosquitoes spread rare types of encephalitis, an inflammation of the brain. They also transmit heart worms to pet dogs and cats." And they're just plain annoying. I happen to be one of those people who can go outside and be covered in bites in two minutes. Years ago I was told it was the oil in my skin (I'm Itali...