It is unclear which spider bit the victim but Brazil's two brown-coloured spiders, the brown widow and the wandering spider, are among the most deadly on Earth.

Scientists say a synthetic compound derived from Brazilian wandering spider venom could treat people ... scientists in Brazil report. Among other symptoms — including increased blood pressure ...

Scientists in Brazil have been testing an alternative treatment for erectile dysfunction that uses venom from the Brazilian wandering spider, also known as a banana spider. Their research isn't ...

The Brazilian wandering spider is more venomous but rarely appears ... Since 1903, 15 deaths reported in Brazil may have been due to a bite from this spider, but only two were confirmed.

a professor of biomedicine and medicine at the Santa Casa Belo Horizonte hospital in Brazil, said in a statement. Stock image of the Brazilian wandering spider (Phoneutria nigriventer).

Commonly found in South American countries, the Brazilian wandering spider is also one of the most ... the Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais in Brazil have developed a synthetic version of ...

The results, from the Medical College of Georgia, are expected in a month's time. The bite of Phoneutria nigriventer, known as the Brazilian wandering spider, is potent and can be deadly in some cases ...

A Brazilian pharmaceutical company is developing a topical treatment for erectile dysfunction derived from the venom of Phoneutria nigriventer, aka the Brazilian wandering spider. The treatment ...

Perhaps unsurprisingly, these spiders are found in Brazil, as well as elsewhere ... Like the Brazilian wandering spider, bromeliad spiders mainly live in Central and South America.

The Brazilian wandering spider is also known as the banana spider ... Now, these researchers at the Federal University of Minas Gerais in Brazil have finally dived into the way it works and ...

A team of scientists in Brazil has unveiled a groundbreaking breakthrough in the treatment of erectile dysfunction. Using the venom of the infamous Brazilian wandering spider, Phoneutria ...

Though the deadly Brazilian wandering spider is part of the same ... These have huge egg sacs and are rainforest specialists in Brazil." Spider expert Paul Hillyard, former curator at London's ...