BusinessWeek: Mirror-image of tarantula venom shows promise as a drug

By Christine Vidal

Release Date: July 29, 2004 This content is archived.

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.