Tonight's episode of "Boston Legal" featured a case where a Las Vegas casino supposedly used synthetic pheromones

designed to create a more comforting environment in which to lose by gambling longer. At a recent olfactory

conference, I was approached with this in mind. It is feasible, but when the concept first appears with regards to

litigation, it will no doubt force research underground.

Product marketing claims that wearing human

pheromones somehow makes you irresistable will probably lead some producer to present a rape case in a similar

venue.

James V. Kohl
clinical laboratory scientist