Researchers in Australia believe that the venom from funnel-web spiders could aid heart attack patients. Shown here is a close-up of a male funnel-web with venom dripping from its fangs.

New research has demonstrated how a drug candidate built off a molecule in funnel web spider venom can stop the "death signal" that results from a heart attack, potentially providing first ...

SYDNEY — Scientists in Australia, home to some of the most poisonous creatures on Earth, have made a discovery about spider venom that they hope could lead to a new class of drugs to help heart ...

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Spider venom heart drug trial could revolutionize cardiac medicine. ... The peptide comes from the venom of the K’gari funnel web spider, a species known for its potent venom.

The first drug to prevent heart attack and stroke cell damage is now one step closer to reality, after the K’gari funnel-web spider venom molecule Hi1a got a green light from independent safety ...

Story at a glance. A protein identified in the venom of the Fraser Island funnel-web spider called Hi1a could block so-called death signals sent to cells after a cardiac arrest.

The molecule, a small protein called Hi1a, mimics one made by Australian funnel-web spiders. It works by preventing heart tissue from becoming too acidic during a heart attack.

A molecule based on the venom of a funnel-web spider could keep cells from dying after a heart attack, having been previously shown to have similar potential after strokes.

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Researchers at the Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology (MIPT) report that genetically engineered fibers of the protein spidroin, which is the construction material for spider webs, has ...

A species of funnel-web spider that's evolved in isolation is found to have a molecule in its venom that could actually block the cell death message after heart attacks, Queensland researchers ...