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Bayer To Research Smell In Insects

by Melody Voith
November 8, 2010 | A version of this story appeared in Volume 88, Issue 45

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Credit: Bayer CropScience
Mosquito-transmitted malaria causes more than 880,000 deaths per year, Bayer says.
Credit: Bayer CropScience
Mosquito-transmitted malaria causes more than 880,000 deaths per year, Bayer says.

Bayer CropScience has signed a two-year partnership with SentiSearch, an olfaction research firm, to identify molecules that target odorant receptors in insects. The collaboration, which also involves Columbia University and Rockefeller University, has the goal of improving the control of malaria and dengue fever. The groups hope to block insects’ ability to perceive human odors. In addition, Bayer will pursue compounds that prevent insect damage to crops.

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