Venom from Queensland spiders could be used to treat heart attacks

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Queensland researchers will next year start human trials on a drug, containing a molecule from funnel web venom.

Some people would nearly have a heart attack if they came across a funnel web, but Australia’s most feared spider may hold the key to treating one.

University of Queensland researchers first discovered the potential of the drug, called IB001, last year. “Infensa Bioscience hopes to start Phase I clinical trials as a heart attack treatment in Queensland next year,” he said in a statement on Monday.“This is a game-changing technology that could have worldwide impacts and is being developed and funded right here in Australia.”Advertisement

UQ’s Professor Glenn King and Associate Professor Nathan Palpant first discovered that IB001 could prevent heart muscle cell death last year.

 

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