Are you a mosquito magnet? 🦟 It's mosquito season and if the bugs seem to like you more than others, there's a scientific reason behind it.
magnets" because they seem to get more than their fair share of bites.
Mosquitoes are one of the few insects to evolve with a taste for human blood, which makes for an incredibly protein-rich meal. Besides tracking our carbon dioxide exhalations, body heat and odor, scientists say certain people are more attractive to mosquitoes than others because they have higher levels of carboxylic acids on their skin. The acid is produced through sebum, an oily layer that coats a person's skin.
Scientists at Rockefeller University believe the solution might be to manipulate our skin microbiomes.
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