Dominican-based company promises scorpion venom drug can help fight cancer. Nov. 4, 2013— -- A Dominican Republic-based company is making the controversial claim that its scorpion venom drug can ...

A venomous creature from the Amazon rainforest may hold the key to fighting one of the deadliest cancers affecting women today. According to the American Cancer Society, skin cancers aside, breast ...

Scientists have discovered a one-of-its-kind venom-spraying scorpion species in the rainforests of Colombia, capable of launching toxins several times its own body length. The new species Tityus ...

Scorpion venom, once feared only as a deadly toxin, is rapidly emerging as one of the most intriguing experimental tools against breast cancer. Early laboratory work suggests that carefully isolated ...

Preliminary results presented at the FAPESP Week France health conference suggest the venom from an Amazon rainforest scorpion (Brotheas amazonicus) might be able to help treat breast cancer. An aging ...

Scorpion venom is the most expensive liquid in the world! Although scorpions deliver painful stings, their valuable venom has many uses in the medical field. Discover how venom is extracted and used ...

Scientists are turning venom, radioisotopes, engineered proteins, and AI into powerful new tools against cancer. From Amazonian scorpions yielding molecules that kill breast cancer cells as ...

Scorpion venom research encompasses a multidisciplinary approach that unravels the molecular diversity, structural characteristics, and pharmacological potential of bioactive peptides. This body of ...

An Arizona woman gets anti-venom for a scorpion sting, leaves with $80,000 bill. Sept. 6, 2012— -- An Arizona woman was shocked when her brush with a scorpion led to a stinging $83,046 hospital ...

When I gave my TEDx talk on inflammation, I wasn’t speaking as a scientist. I was speaking as someone who had lived through it. Even with clean living, hidden inflammation may require deeper ...