Tea juice against ticks? An idea that piques... curiosity

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Tea juice against ticks? An idea that piques... curiosity

Some of the signals – chemical signals – that communicate with the ticks betray their presence. The ticks cut them off to avoid their predators. Canadian researchers have measured this effect with synthetic products in hopes of reducing the incidence of Lyme disease. Will one day a tick extract be used to prevent the tick, this opportunistic mite, from biting on a walk? That’s what Gerhard Aries’ group at Simon Fraser University (British Columbi…