Sunday, November 13, 2016

Spider Venom to treat Muscular Dystrophy




Muscular dystrophy opens calcium ion channels, causing the degradation of muscle tissue. Researchers hope to use the venom of the Chilean rose tarantula to close the calcium ion channels and reverse the results of muscular dystrophy.

  http://www.buffalo.edu/home/feature_story/good-venom.html

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