Secret of DEET Could Lead to New Insect Products
Scientists finally discover how the world's most widely used repellent works.11 May 2008
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Leslie Vosshall is a professor of neurogenetics at Rockefeller University in New York. She was the lead investigator of the study.
Correction: DEET was called an insecticide in an earlier version of this page. It repels insects but does not kill them.