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Tag Archives: morphine
Creepy crawly centipedes are a source of new high-strength painkillers
I’m dreading the day I get knocked up, since I know that my incredibly low pain threshold will have trouble dealing with the crazy horror that is childbirth. That’s why I was overjoyed to hear of some new research from … Continue reading
Posted in Analgesics, Bioengineering, Disease, Medicine, Science
Tagged analgesic, centipede, chinese red-headed, morphine, pain, painkiller, PRIALT, relief, scolopendra subspinipes mutilans, venom
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New painkillers from black mamba venom?
After being bitten by a poisonous snake, you can probably imagine that having a good amount of venom coursing through your veins is a pretty painful process. And indeed, that is the case with many snakes, such as the Texas … Continue reading
Posted in Analgesics, Science
Tagged analgesic, black mamba, Dendroaspis polylepis polylepis, mambalgins, morphine, peptide, poison, venom
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