Relieve pain with venom

The centipede is not very friendly to humans, even when it is lightly bitten, the allergy, severe can die.

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However, a new study shows that if you know how to refine, the sting becomes an effective analgesic not less than morphine.

Scientists from the University of Queensland, Australia and the Chinese Academy of Sciences collaborated to find new solutions for patients with chronic pain. They found that the venom of the red-headed centipede in China contains a molecule of the active substance that blocks channels of induced neuralgia , namely the channel called Nav 1.7 .

Telegraph news page quoted Professor Glenn King, who is working at the Department of Molecular Biology at the University of Queensland, said research from the venom of centipedes can produce safe, less toxic drugs but help reduce the Chronic pain like after surgery, nerve damage or cancer .