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Researchers say they have begun placing a pheromone in Michigan streams in an attempt to lure female sea lampreys into traps. Researcher Nick Johnson of the Hammond Bay Biological Station said the pheromone was designed by scientists at Michigan State University to mimic a spawning scent emitted by male sea lampreys, the Detroit Free Press reported Sunday. Once they smell it, they follow it, Johnson said of the female of the prehistoric species. Since arriving in the Great Lakes eight...

Swedish scientists have discovered that a female moth can discern a male's ancestry, age and possibly reproductive fitness from the scent of his pheromones. The study by Jean-Marc Lassance and Christer Lofstedt of Lund University in Sweden focused on an analysis of the pheromones used by the European Corn Borer (Ostrinia nubilalis). The researchers studied the influence of pheromones on mating preferences and carried out an analysis of the composition of the scent and genetic makeup of the...

SAN JOSE, Calif., Jan. 21 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Human Pheromone Sciences, Inc. (OTC Bulletin Board: EROX) ("HPS" or "the Company") announced that it has established a website devoted to its newly-announced mood- enhancing compound, ER 303, for which the Company filed Comprehensive Patent Applications with both the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office and the International Bureau of the World Patent Office. On the site, the Company released additional data regarding the testing that was...

SAN JOSE, Calif., Jan. 15 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Human Pheromone Sciences, Inc. (OTC Bulletin Board: EROX) ("HPS" or "the Company") announced that it has filed a Comprehensive Patent Application with the International Bureau of the World Patent Office for the use of its innovative and previously undeveloped compound with its origin in sea coral, which has significant emotional impacts on both men and women, enhancing feelings of positive social relationships, personal well-being and...

SAN JOSE, Calif., Dec. 17 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Human Pheromone Sciences, Inc. (OTC Bulletin Board: EROX) ("HPS" or "the Company") announced that it has filed a Comprehensive Patent Application with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office for the use of an innovative and previously undeveloped compound with its origin in sea coral, which has significant emotional impacts on both men and women, enhancing feelings of positive social relationships, personal well-being and social...

For anyone who has experienced a sudden unexplained rush of feelings, such as sparks upon meeting someone for the first time or impulsive fears when boarding a plane despite being totally at ease with air travel, scientists have a possible explanation.These seemingly illogical and disparate feelings may be reactions to other people's pheromones.Although pheromones are found across the animal world from insects to mammals, research into human pheromones has been hampered by bungling...

Bumblebees choose whether to search for food according to how stocked their nests are, say scientists from Queen Mary, University of London.When bumblebees return to the nest from a successful foraging mission, they produce a pheromone which encourages their nest mates to also go out and find food. Scientists had originally thought that these pheromones elicited a standard response from all bees. But new research from Queen Mary's School of Biological and Chemical Sciences has shown that...

Researchers at UT Southwestern Medical Center have overturned the current theory of how a pheromone works at the molecular level to trigger behavior in fruit flies.The finding, if it proves true in other species, might lead to new ways to manipulate the actions of harmful insects, the researchers said.They found that the pheromone, which affects mate recognition and sexual behavior, does not directly attach to nerve cells, as was previously thought. Rather, the pheromone first docks onto a...

By investigating the interplay between pheromone signaling and behavior in fruit flies, researchers have begun to understand how an adult fly's earlier experience as a young individual can influence its behavior towards other flies as an adult. In particular, the researchers found that pheromone signals in the context of experience with adult flies can influence how young flies will behave once they reach maturity. The work is reported by Jean-Francois Ferveur and colleagues at the Universite...

University of Nevada, Reno scientists have ended a decade-long controversy over the process by which bark beetles make pheromones: they manufacture their own monoterpenes "“ the fragrant substances plants produce and which are often used in perfumes. It had been thought that insects and other animals were incapable of making these substances. "The goal of our research is ultimately to control pheromone production," said Gary Blomquist, professor and chair of biochemistry and...