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Deadly scorpion venom could help defeat new COVID variants
Scorpion venom may hold the key to stopping the coronavirus pandemic, a new study reveals. Researchers from the University of Aberdeen say the potentially fatal toxins the animals produce can help scientists create a fascinating cocktail which destroys germs such as COVID-19s grow list of new variants.
Animal venom has been an ingredient in traditional medicines across the world. These potent neurotoxins which can kill other animals and even humans also have antibacterial and antiviral properties too.
https://www.studyfinds.org/scorpion-ven
om-covid-variants/
Walleye
(31,022 posts)Eyeball_Kid
(7,432 posts)Ligyron
(7,632 posts)many people are saying this
Fries those little viruses dead in no time.
Grokenstein
(5,723 posts)Michelle Obama to go on television and oppose it, and the continental US will stink of burning back hair for days as the national I.Q. skyrockets overnight.
Ligyron
(7,632 posts)Buns_of_Fire
(17,175 posts)And hydroxychloroquine is now banished to "huh?" territory.
Attention, Internet/Faux Doctors: The latest upcoming Covid treatment is... Leeches.
lagomorph777
(30,613 posts)The modern approach to bloodletting is a nice barber's straight razor. Try to wipe the worst of the rust off first.
Diamond_Dog
(31,998 posts)It cures your iron deficiency AND Covid all in one . slash!
Nevilledog
(51,104 posts)Fact: nobody who takes a generous dose of arsenic will ever be sick again.
Blue Owl
(50,373 posts)GoCubsGo
(32,083 posts)"Person hospitalized with scorpion sting to cure COVID-19" story.
Hugh_Lebowski
(33,643 posts)I do however find it really trippy they're more closely related to spiders than they are to crabs. Wonder if scientists miscast them as crustaceans for a long time? Guessing they probably did.
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