The regularity of the delicate structures made by spiders is one of the wonders of nature. Now abnormalities in these patterns are used to study the mechanism by which drugs produce their effects ...

A NASA study from 1995 looked into the effect of various chemicals on spiders gives us a glimpse into how the brain is affected by caffeine - and published a terrifying graphic showing how toxic ...

Meanwhile, his work on gut pain does not require the drug to pass the blood-brain barrier and is closer to clinical trials. “We stumbled across a spider-venom peptide that activated neurons ...

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which was inspired by a molecule discovered in the venom of an Australian funnel-web spider," he said. "This drug has the potential to not only save thousands of lives each year, but also to ...

The deadly caterpillars – within the South American genus called Lonomia – have a snakelike venom that interferes with blood clotting. Others have venoms that cause chronic, lifelong inflammatory ...