Japanese scientists have synthesized "smell of fear" to repel rodents

Japanese scientists succeeded in synthesizing a smell that makes mice and rats panic attack, newspaper "Yomiuri" on Monday.
Couple of scientists from Osaka after seven years of research has managed to synthesize a smell that makes mice and rats panic attack. In 2007, researchers studying the process of transmission of the nerve signal at snuffing mice using manipulation respective genomes have ensured that the mice ceased to feel fear when approaching their natural enemy - the cat. This discovery caused a great stir in the scientific community, as proved that the fear of the natural enemies is a congenital hereditary and passed through.

Then for seven years, scientists have been experimenting with different smells, until finally they could not synthesize odor causing fear in mice and rats. According to scientists, the animal is not able to get rid of fear, become accustomed to the smell of their natural enemy, so the drug for a long time can save homeowners from forced residence under the same roof with rodents.
By the opening of manufacturers have already expressed an interest: as expected, the first commercial batches of the drug for anti-rodent in private homes and agricultural lands will go on sale in Japan this fall.