Woman sleeps with bedbugs for 5 years in name of science

VANCOUVER, British Columbia A woman invited bedbugs into her bed for five years, all in the name ofscience.

According to KCPQ, Regine Gries has been bitten by more than 1,000 bedbugs each week for the last five years.

180,000 bites later, her sacrifice has paid off.

Gries and her husband Gerhard, both biologist at Simon Fraiser University in Vancouver British Columbia, say they have figured out how to attract and repel the bloodsucking parasites.

After years of research, they foundthat histamine effectively repelled the tiny insects.

While histamine stops the bugs in their tracks, the scientists say they have five other odors that attract bedbugs and couldbe used to lurethem into traps.

They areworking on a formula that can be sold commercially, which means Griesis still feeding the bedbugs every week.

Im not too thrilled about this, she said, but knowing how much this technology will benefit so many people, its all worth it.

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Woman sleeps with bedbugs for 5 years in name of science