๐๐ปโโ๏ธ TIL: ๐๐ Cone #snails pack a #venom with over 1,000 unique peptides โ a #chemical toolkit already yielding one #FDA-approved non-addictive #painkiller.
Researchers at #Harvard and the University of #Queensland are now exploring these #toxins for treating #diabetes, nerve damage, #epilepsy, and #cancer, saying theyโve barely scratched the surface.
๐ https://www.zmescience.com/science/news-science/cone-snail-venom-medicinal-uses/
#conotoxin #marinebiology #ziconotide #drugs #neurobiology #coralreef #biochemistry #ocean #nature







