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Article: Radioactive scorpion venom may help treat brain cancer.
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- St. Louis Post-Dispatch (St. Louis, MO)
- Article date:
- July 29, 2006
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Byline: Tina Hesman Saey
ST. LOUIS _ The search for cancer cures can at times produce some curious treatments, but the latest study just might stun you.
Neurosurgeons at St. Louis University are among the doctors injecting radioactive scorpion toxin directly into the brains of patients with a deadly brain cancer.
"It's not like people said, `Scorpion venom _ this must be a good way to treat cancer,'" said Dr. Alison M. O'Neill, vice president for medical affairs for TransMolecular Inc. The company, based in Cambridge, Mass., is developing the toxin as a chemotherapy drug.
Results from an initial study show that the toxin delivers ...