Dec
29
2004

seen: remedy of last resort

Seen in the “Today’s Headlines and Columnists” e-mail digest from washingtonpost.com:

New Drug Is Approved To Treat Chronic Pain
Synthetic Snail Venom Is Considered a Last Resort
(The Washington Post)

Ewww.

I have to wonder who would have thought up the idea of synthesizing, much less using, snail venom for medicinal purposes.

Posted at 5:53 PM in oddities, science, seen and heard

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