Blowfish Poison Derivative Could Be A Painkiller

Posted by timothy on Sunday November 30, 2003 @07:53AM from the do-not-exceed-listed-dosage dept.

Makarand writes "According to this Reuters article, a Vancouver (Canada) based company is testing a painkiller derived from blowfish poison. The drug has passed two phases of clinical tests and during testing it could ease pain in terminally ill cancer patients with a dosage of few micrograms. The drug is a sodium channel blocker and works by stopping nerves from sending pain signals to the brain. The company says that the drug does not have the side effects of morphine and is non-addictive. A single blowfish can provide about 600 doses of this drug."

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fp by Anonymous Coward · 2003-11-30 07:57 · Score: -1, Offtopic

fp :P
Re:Nature by Anonymous Coward · 2003-11-30 08:03 · Score: -1, Offtopic

Do you know anything about bl0wf1sh, or was th1s ju5t an att3mpt t0 l33ch s0m3 k4rm4?

Check out http://www.blowfish.com/ :-p