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When ticks bite us, they release thousands of proteins through their saliva. Could a vaccine for the right ones stop ticks from latching on?

Chad Orzel is the Gordon Gould Professor and Chair of the Department of Physics and Astronomy at Union College in Schenectady, New York, and the author of five books explaining science for ...