Fraser Island funnel web spider venom shows promise for heart-attack treatment

By Deborah Devis
July 29 2021 - 2:00pm
Spider venom could be game-changing for heart-attack treatments. Picture: Shutterstock.
Spider venom could be game-changing for heart-attack treatments. Picture: Shutterstock.

In a preclinical trial on a beating human heart, researchers have found that a drug candidate developed from the venom of the world's deadliest spider, the funnel web, may hold promise for heart-attack treatment and transplants.

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