• Question: is it true that snake poison is now a new discovered pedicine to cure cancer!? :)

    Asked by nadiak to Panos, Michael on 25 Jun 2010 in Categories: .
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      Michael Loughlin answered on 25 Jun 2010:

      yes scientists have shown compounds from snake venom stop cancer cells from growing and stop the bood supply to tumours to stop their development

      http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2004/06/0601_040601_tvsnakes1.html
      and a more detailed
      http://jnci.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/content/full/93/4/261

      buit its notm just snakes, scorpions and other venmous creatures are investigated. But its all to do with maiking sure you can target the toxin to the tumour..otherwise healthy cells will suffer

      good question

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      Panos Soultanas answered on 25 Jun 2010:

      It depends on which type of snake poison and what its mode of action is. yes there are some snake poisons that could be proved to be very useful indeed because they can kill repidly dividing cells like cancer cells. there is a lot of research in this area and hopefully some poisons will find good use in the treatment of cancer.

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