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BusinessWeek: Mirror-image of tarantula venom shows promise as a drug
Release Date: July 29, 2004
An article in the August 2, 2004, issue of BusinessWeek reports that UB biophysicists have created a mirror-image of a peptide in tarantula venom that could be used to create drugs to treat muscle-related ills such as heart attacks, incontinence and muscular dystrophy. The article is not available electronically.
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