Saturday, July 20, 2013

Poison To Potion; Toxin To Therapy---Nature As A Source For Medicine

From Poison To Potion:  Toxins Turned Into Life-Saving Drugs by Claire Groden.  CNN.  July 18, 2013.

Five examples of possible drugs and their sources in natural toxins.

(1)  About half of existing medications are derived from the _____________ that surround us,

(2)  A toxin from the pufferfish is _____________ times more potent than morphine.

(3)  Shark skin is constructed in such as way as to ___________________ a inhospitable environment for ______________.   The principle of shark skin construction is being used to ward off ______________________________ in medical devices.

(4)  Within a year, a chronic pain drug derived from ___________ is set to be tested in patients.

(5)  The active element in tick spit may be used to ________________.

(6)  A toxin from the sea anemone may have some applications for ____________ diseases.

(7)  Wound healing may be promoted with a toxin from ___________________.


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