Major Breakthrough in Malaria Reduction, and Reduction of Mosquito Bites Now Possible with New Receptor-Blocking Chemical Technology
Olfactor Labs’ new compound can save lives; company files for new patent
RIVERSIDE, Calif.--()--Olfactor Laboratories, Inc. has advanced a world-class technology that could make mosquito bites a thing of the past and is preparing to take that technology to market as early as 2013.
“With our technology, the human can essentially become invisible to the mosquito. The results of our research have the potential to fight several deadly mosquito-borne diseases, which are estimated to endanger a significant number of the world’s population”
Following a two-year intensive collaboration with the University of California, Riverside, and a multinational pest control company, Olfactor announced its chemical technology can actually modify a mosquito’s biting behavior. This is a potential breakthrough in the battle against mosquito-borne diseases such as malaria and the West Nile virus.
Company scientists have assembled a blend of compounds which can be delivered spatially, rather than requiring that they be applied to skin, which can substantially reduce contact between mosquitoes and humans. The chemical technology disrupts the mosquito’s ability to detect carbon dioxide, which is how mosquitoes detect a blood meal such as that of a human....
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