Venom: Miracle Medicine?(Brief Article)

Science World | November 1, 1999| | Copyright

A sea creature's poison helped cure a life of chronic pain. Could venom be the newest wonder drug?

After a freak hurricane, 14-year-old Laura McManus helped her dad clear fallen tree limbs from their yard. Tugging at a branch, she felt pain rip through her lower back. "I didn't think pain like that was possible," she says. Laura's dad rushed her to a hospital near their home in Mt. Sinai, New York. Doctors told her she suffered from stress-triggered muscle spasms, and prescribed painkillers. But the pain only grew worse. A doctor soon discovered Laura had an extra ...

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