Scientists let bedbugs feast on them, so the bugs won’t feast on us

Regine Gries allows bedbugs to feed off her arm as part of the effort to save us all from them. - Simon Fraser University/Greg Ehlers

End could be in store for bedbug epidemic as researchers find ways to combat the blood-sucking parasites. 

A new bedbug trap could hit shelves next year thanks to a team of biologists who bared their arms in the name of science, letting let thousands of bed bugs snack on them until they finally found out what combination of pheromones could be used to lure them before they take to your bed.