Under glaring laboratory lights, a research assistant extends his forearm and carefully inverts a mesh-topped container onto his skin to allow a wriggling mass of bed bugs to feed on his blood, all in ...

Long-loathed as itchy household pests, the blood-sucking insects have revealed a darker, more intriguing potential as Malaysian scientists have discovered they can be turned into unlikely ...

A researcher at a Universiti Sains Malaysia (USM) laboratory in George Town is seen pressing bedbugs to his arm to let them feed as part of a scientific study. (AFP pic) Under glaring laboratory ...

With the lab's temperature kept at a constant 23C to 24C, the insects suck up 1.5 to 5.3 microlitres of blood at each feeding. Researchers found DNA extracted from bed bugs that had fed on human blood ...

Show more Show less The tiny critters that love to lurk in mattresses and pillows can help pinpoint suspects at crime scenes Researchers found DNA extracted from bed bugs that had fed on human blood ...