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Contact: Lee Siegel
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University of Utah
Caption: University of Utah biologist Dale Clayton demonstrates the latest prototype of the LouseBuster -- which he invented with students -- on his daughter, Miriam Clayton. The new, chemical-free treatment kills almost all louse eggs and enough hatched lice to prevent them from reproducing, effectively ending an infestation, according to a study in the November issue of the journal Pediatrics.
Credit: Sarah E. Bush, University of Utah
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