Snail Toxins Reveal Novel Way To Fight Severe Nerve Pain
14th Nov 2006, 13:31 GMT
A brand new approach to treating severe nerve pain - by aiming drugs at a previously unrecognized molecular target - has been discovered by University of Utah scientists who study the venoms of deadly, sea-dwelling cone snails. "We found a new way to treat a chronic and debilitating form of pain suffered by hundreds of millions of people on Earth," says J. [click link for full article]
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