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Pick Your Poison: Some Venom Can Be Healing


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Pick Your Poison: Some Venom Can Be Healing

Poison isn't always bad for you. The venom of some creatures may actually have medical applications.
The practice of turning venoms from animals into cures for people dates back to at least ancient Rome, according to a 2015 paper in the World Journal of Biological Chemistry. The Romans looked to animal venoms for ways to treat conditions including smallpox and leprosy.

Today's researchers still look to the animal kingdom's many venoms in their search for treatments. Live Science has rounded up some of the early research on seven creatures whose poisons may one day be made into drugs. These could treat diseases ranging from type 2 diabetes to breast cancer.

Read more: Live Science

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