Canadian researchers are using a set of chemical attractants to lure bed bugs into traps - and keep them there,Researchers from Simon Fraser University are using pheromones to lure bed bugs into traps. The Simon Fraser University husband/wife research team of biologists Gerhard Gries and Regine Gries, along with SFU chemist Robert Britton and a team of students,have been working on the new trap.Earlier this year, after a series of successful trials in bed bug-infested apartments in metro Vancouver, they published their research, "Bed bug aggregation pheromone finally identified," in Angewandte Chemie, a leading general chemistry journal.
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