Bee Venom Peptide Keeps Neurons Alive

Scientists Stop Brain Cells Dying
By Anelle Miles, The Courier Mail (Australia), 2/7/2008
http://apitherapy.blogspot.com/2008/02/bee-venom-peptide-keeps-neurons-alive.html

...Dr Coulson said a peptide found in bee venom called tertiapin had worked to keep neurons alive in the laboratory and in chicken embryos. But years of research is ahead before scientists can apply their discovery to humans...

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