Exploring how a scorpion toxin might help treat heart attacks
Wednesday, July 15, 2020 - 14:06
in Health & Medicine
Scientists are discovering potential life-saving medicines from an unlikely source: the venom of creatures like snakes, spiders and scorpions. Scorpion venom, in particular, contains a peptide that has beneficial effects on the cardiovascular system of rats with high blood pressure. Now, researchers say they know a little more about how that happens.