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Cone Snail Venom Reveals Insulin Insights
Researchers found that a fast-acting insulin from the cone snail can bind and activate the human insulin receptor.
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Snail Venom Holds Diabetes Treatment Key
Research has found that venom from a species of marine cone snail could hold the key to developing ‘ultra-fast-acting’ insulins.
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New treatment for neuropathy? How cone snail venom minimizes pain
The venom from marine cone snails, used to immobilize prey, contains numerous peptides called conotoxins, some of which can act as painkillers in mammals. A recent study in The Journal of General Physiology provides new insight into the mechanisms by which one conotoxin, Vc1.
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Developing Pain Drugs at a Snail's Pace
Analogs of Cone Snail venom inhibit pain neurons, but are not addictive like opioid pain drugs.
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Scientists Look to Venomous Cone Snails For Novel Therapeutics
Cone snails, whose venom has similarities to lionfish and bee venoms, may hold the key to treating Parkinson's disease and drug addiction.
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Using Marine Snail Insulin to Improve Diabetes Treatments
Researchers at University of Utah Health detailed the function of cone snail insulins, bringing them one step closer to developing a faster-acting insulin to treat diabetes.
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Snail Venoms Prove Useful for Chronic Pain Relief
Conotoxins are bioactive peptides found in the venom that marine cone snails produce for prey capture and defense. New research has found exciting uses for these natural compounds.
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Could Cone Snail Venom Be Used To Treat Severe Malaria?
Severe forms of malaria such as Plasmodium falciparum may be deadly even after treatment. Now, using venom from Conus nux, a species of sea snail, new research suggests that conotoxins could potentially be used to treat malaria.
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Variants of Cone Snail Venom Could Be Used To Develop Diabetes Treatments
Researchers have found that variants of the venom produced by the cone snail could offer future possibilities for developing new fast-acting drugs to help treat diabetes.
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Drug-Like Compound Discovered in Cone Snail Venom
Researchers report that a group of cone snails produces a venom compound similar to the hormone somatostatin.
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