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UB Researcher Seeks Possible MD Treatment With Spider Venom

Updated August 26, 2014 This content is archived.

In one example of the beneficial contributions of arachnids, Frederick Sachs, PhD, SUNY Distinguished Professor of physiology and biophysics, hopes to develop a therapy for muscular dystrophy from a compound in the venom of a South American spider.

  • 8/19/14 Scientists Test Medical Uses of Spider Venom [care2]
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  • 8/1/14 ‘Ultimate Spin Doctors’ May Benefit Science [The Guardian]
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  • 7/24/14 Beneficial Contributions of Spiders Still Unknown [Gulf News]
  • 7/23/14 Why is Conserving Spiders Important? [Tampa Bay Times]
  • 7/22/14 Spider Chemicals May Have Medical Uses [York Daily Record]
  • 7/21/14 Often Maligned Spiders Benefit Humans [Washington Post]
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