Shrew saliva may detect and treat cancer
August 3, 2010 by leonardzehr · Leave a Comment
Paralytic venom in the saliva of the tiny North American short-tailed shrew, which hunts its prey on the forest floor, may hold the key to a diagnostic and therapeutic treatment for ovarian, breast and prostate cancers. “We found out that the paralytic agent in the venom was a peptide material that we eventually named soricidin,” [...]
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