(Natural News) The mainstream media is now openly discussing the fact that many pharmaceutical drugs contain ingredients derived from the venom of snakes and other reptiles and creatures. In a new feature piece, The New York Times profiled how the field of venomics is growing. Teasing apart venom proteins has become Big Pharma’s forte, resulting […]

(Natural News) A study published in the journal Cell found that a scorpion toxin triggering a pain response in humans can be used for studying chronic pain and inflammation. The toxin, called the “wasabi receptor toxin,” comes from the Australian Black Rock scorpion and evolved out of the need to ward off mammalian predators, said researchers from the […]