Trai - the key to antidote

Injected with a poison enough to kill 100,000 people, the son of the venut (quahog) is still alive. Somehow, they were disabled h The poison does not affect venut clams (Photo: tchdkh) deadly enzymes, which are considered a potential bioterrorism agent.

"The poisoning reaction halves in venut's blood, so we think there is some kind of detox in its blood. If we can extract this molecule, it will be very for people, "said Dr. Bal Ram Singh, a member of the American research team.

Singh began experimenting with injecting a small amount and gradually increasing it into the male body, until he reached 1 milligram of poison. But symptoms of poisoning hardly appear on animals. The researchers found that the son became cloudy, a sign that he was secreting mucus.

"We can inject venut a male poison with enough to kill 100,000 people, but it still does not die," Singh said. "There is something in the animal's body that destroys these toxins."