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Native stinging tree toxins match the pain of spiders and scorpions – Phys.org
The painful toxins wielded by a giant Australian stinging tree are surprisingly similar to the venom found in spiders and cone snails, University of Queensland researchers have found.
The painful toxins wielded by a giant Australian stinging tree are surprisingly similar to the venom found in spiders and cone snails, University of Queensland researchers have found.
The Gympie-Gympie stinging tree is one of the world’s most venomous plants and causes extreme long-lasting pain.
Associate Professor Irina Vetter, Dr. Thomas Durek and their teams at UQ’s Institute for Molecular Bioscience found a new family of toxins, which they’ve named ‘gympietides’ after the Gympie-Gympie sti…
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