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Spotlight: Cone snails!
NEW! 2024
Cone snails use insulin + somatostatin to catch fish prey (article)
Cone snails use insulin + somatostatin to catch fish prey (article)
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Feature by the University of Utah- @theU
Feature by the University of Utah- @theU
Feature: Newsweek
Feature: Newsweek
A new study has found that a component of sea snail venom could hold promise for designing drugs to treat diabetes and hormone disorders.
Discovery:Somatostatin-Like Peptide
Science Advances article
Science Advances article
by Axios
by Axios
by Discover Magazine
by Discover Magazine
Danish researchers have isolated a compound that may provide an alternative to opiates.
by Inverse (@inversedotcom)
by Inverse (@inversedotcom)
In a new study, researchers discovered one clade of cone snail uses a venom that contains a peptide resembling somatostatin, which could treat cancer and other human ailments.
by Popular Science (@popsci)
by Popular Science (@popsci)
Marine cone snails are known for their deadly venom, but this toxic cocktail has compounds that can help develop non-opioid painkillers.
by the University of the Philippines
by the University of the Philippines
Who could imagine that something as small as cone snails, popular among shell collectors and tropical-themed jewelry makers for their intricately colored shells, is the key to a substantial medical breakthrough waiting to be unlocked? Perhaps it is fitting that a young Filipino scientist, Iris Bea Ramiro, is next in line to reveal the biomedical […]
by the University of Utah
by the University of Utah
på dansk | in Danish by @politiken
på dansk | in Danish by @politiken
på dansk fra Københavns Universitet
på dansk fra Københavns Universitet
En havsnegl, der findes i Stillehavet omkring Filippinerne, kan være med til at udvikle et alternativ til vanedannende smertestillende medicin som morfin. Det viser ny forskning fra Københavns Universitet.
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