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Tarantula Toxin Could Help To Design Drugs for Chronic Pain – Technology Networks
A new high-resolution cryo-electron microscopy study shows how the Chinese tarantula stinger quickly locks voltage sensors on sodium channels, the tiny pores on…

Oversized, hairy tarantulas may be unsightly and venomous, but surprisingly their hunter toxin may hold answers to better control of chronic pain.
A bird-catching Chinese tarantula bite contains a stinger-like poison that plunges into a molecular target in the electrical signaling system of their prey’s nerve cells.
A new high-resolution cryo-electron microscopy study shows how the stinger quickly locks the voltage sensors on sodium channels, the tiny pores on cell membranes that create electrical…
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