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Scientists Discover Potential Diabetes Treatment in Venom of One of the World’s Deadliest Creatures


Cone snail venom contains consomatin, a toxin that could lead to better, longer-lasting drugs for diabetes and hormone-related diseases by mimicking somatostatin. A new study published in Nature Communications reveals the toxin from one of the most venomous animals on the planet may hold the key

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