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If you feel like mosquitos flock to you over everyone else at the barbecue… you’re not imagining it. Some of us really do attract mosquitos more than others, based on the chemicals exuded from our skin. What are they, how did scientists figure it out, and how can you outsmart them anyways?
#mosquito #chemistry
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sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S1751616118305940
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cell.com/cell/fulltext/S0092-8674(22)01253-3
cell.com/current-biology/fulltext/S0960-9822(23)00532-8
acs.org/molecule-of-the-week/archive/e/eucalyptol.html
doi.org/10.1016/j.jaad.2018.10.053
If you feel like mosquitos flock to you over everyone else at the barbecue… you’re not imagining it. Some of us really do attract mosquitos more than others, based on the chemicals exuded from our skin. What are they, how did scientists figure it out, and how can you outsmart them anyways?
#mosquito #chemistry
You might also like other Reactions videos:
Zika, Mosquitoes and How to Not Get Bitten:
youtu.be/GBpheE7LrqE
How Do You Catch Fruit Flies?
youtu.be/GL2ImHRxUD0
How Do Bees Make Honey?
youtu.be/Hq0SBwkLvUo
How a Chemist Makes the Softest Bread You'll Ever Eat:
youtu.be/3ziMBDPMuP8
How Roundup Kills Weeds (And How Weeds are Fighting Back):
youtu.be/vsbYyUfLwh8
Why Do Wasps Attack? - Reactions Q&A:
youtu.be/_YUGorDRQRU
Credits:
Executive Producer:
Matthew Radcliff
Producers:
Elaine Seward
Andrew Sobey
Darren Weaver
Writer/Host:
Alex Dainis
Scientific Consultants:
Michelle Boucher, Ph.D.
Leila Duman, Ph.D.
Leslie Vosshall, Ph.D.
….
Executive in Charge for PBS: Maribel Lopez
Director of Programming for PBS: Gabrielle Ewing
Assistant Director of Programming for PBS: John Campbell
Reactions is a production of the American Chemical Society.
© 2023 American Chemical Society. All rights reserved.
Sources:
youtu.be/rD8SmacBUcU?t=84
sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S1751616118305940
ashpublications.org/blood/article/111/4/2007/133305/Inhibition-of-collagen-induced-platelet
journals.plos.org/plosntds/article?id=10.1371/journal.pntd.0006439
britannica.com/story/why-do-mosquito-bites-itch
linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S0092867422012533
cell.com/cell/fulltext/S0092-8674(22)01253-3
cell.com/current-biology/fulltext/S0960-9822(23)00532-8
acs.org/molecule-of-the-week/archive/e/eucalyptol.html
doi.org/10.1016/j.jaad.2018.10.053
