Dominican-based company promises scorpion venom drug can help fight cancer. Nov. 4, 2013— -- A Dominican Republic-based company is making the controversial claim that its scorpion venom drug ...

A little more than a year ago, he was immobile and virtually mute. See also: Slide Show: Blue Scorpion Venom: Cuba's Miracle Drug. When the exam concludes, Cruz rattles off doctor-speak about the ...

Scorpions are almost always milked by hand, one by one. And one scorpion produces, at the most, just two milligrams of venom at a time. So, let's do the math. If you owned one scorpion you would ...

Scorpion venom is notoriously poisonous -- but it might be used as an alternative to dangerous and addictive painkillers like morphine, a Tel Aviv University researcher claims. Prof. Michael ...

Researchers looking at other poisonous insects to find new treatments. Nov. 30, 2013 — -- Seattle researchers have developed a new technology that they say utilizes scorpion venom to help ...

Researchers have discovered a non-lethal way to study scorpion venom genes by triggering the emptying of the animal’s venom glands using electrostimulation. The study was published in PLOS ONE. Until ...

Each scorpion produces about 2 milligrams of venom daily, which is harvested or milked using a pair of tweezers and tongs, before being dried ready for export. A litre of the venom is worth about ...

Scientists have discovered a one-of-its-kind venom-spraying scorpion species in the rainforests of Colombia, capable of launching toxins several times its own body length. The new species Tityus ...

As is often the case in science, when it comes to scorpion venom, it’s a little more complicated than that. Google “scorpion venom value” and you’ll be met with estimates that stretch into ...

A little more than a year ago, he was immobile and virtually mute. See also: Slide Show: Blue Scorpion Venom: Cuba's Miracle Drug. When the exam concludes, Cruz rattles off doctor-speak about the ...

Researchers have discovered a non-lethal way to study scorpion venom genes by triggering the emptying of the animal’s venom glands using electrostimulation. The study was published in PLOS ONE. Until ...