Snail toxin could ease chronic pain

New painkiller may be 10,000 times stronger than morphine.

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Satkunanathan, N. et al. An alpha-conotoxin from an Australian Conus is a potent analgesic in a rat model of neuropathic pain. Presented at the Venoms to Drugs Conference, Heron Island, Australia (2002).

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Ingrid Holmes
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Holmes, I. Snail toxin could ease chronic pain. Nature (2002). https://doi.org/10.1038/news020715-11