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RE: Venom from Sea Snail can yield a more effective Pain Killer
These toxins have tremendous potential for pain killers in humans. In this case, the toxin is a neuropeptide (a short sequence of amino acids) just like insulin, which is also a peptide drug. Unlike opiates (what is prescribed today) they could solve the addiction and overdose problem that we currently have with powerful opiates like fentanyl!
Thanks for the post.
Cheers!
ian
You are right @rcebike. The issue of the body getting addicted to opioid painkillers is becoming somewhat of a medical epidemic. Hence, the need for this new procedure. Glad to know you are in the medical and genetics line and that concur with the significance of this discovery.