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       Cobra Venum Therapy Potential
       By: AGelbert Date: July 18, 2014, 10:06 pm
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       Is Cobra Venom Used in Modern Medicine?
       
       The toxic venom released by the cobra, one of the world’s
       biggest snakes, is enough to kill 20 humans with just one bite.
       However, cobra venom is actually used in modern medicine as a
       pain reliever. When ingested in smaller amounts, the proteins
       emitted when the snake bites and releases its venom have been
       found to be effective as treatment for conditions such as
       arthritis. This is thought to be due to venom’s ability to
       interact with blood flow and the nervous system. Scientists have
       even experimented with developing venom-based medicinal
       treatments for a variety of conditions such as high blood
       pressure, dementia, and cancer.
       More about medicinal uses for venom:
       •Two drugs used to treat minor heart attacks, eptifibatide and
       tirofiban, are based off snake venom proteins and have been in
       use since 1998.
       •The venom from the Malayan pit viper snake has been found to be
       twice as effective at treating the blood clots associated with
       strokes as standard stroke drugs--the venom may work up to six
       hours after a stroke begins.
       •Genetically engineered venom protein based on the southern
       copperhead snake was found to reduce cancer cells in mice by 90%
       in a University of California, Los Angeles experiment.
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