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UB Researcher Seeks Possible MD Treatment With Spider Venom

Updated August 26, 2014

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.

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