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Could deadly shellfish venoms fight pain and save lives

5 March 2008

The deadly toxins associated with ‘red tide’ algal blooms are being investigated as potential drugs by a New Zealand scientist who’s in Paris this week for the For Women in Science Awards.
Auckland University researcher Margaret Brimble finds and recreates rare molecules derived from nature that could act as antimicrobial, anticancer or antiviral drugs. It can [...]

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