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Venom in the brain

June 2nd, 2009 by schwarda · No Comments · Biology

Scientists have made an incredible find in the area of brain cancer. Scorpion venom has been used to treat brain cancer and it slows the spread of it by 45%. But with a little change in the venom, that number has increase significantly. Nanoparticles have been added to the venom and the result is 98% slowing of the cancer cells.

This is very important because brain cancer is a very difficult thing to treat. With this new discovery, it could save the lives of more people with brain cancer. This is just the begining of what we could do in treating and stopping cancers.

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