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Creepy Cure: Deadly Spider Venom Tapped for Heart Attack Drug

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Scientists in Australia are about to begin a clinical trial for a heart attack medication that was originally derived from the venom of the Kâgari funnel web spider.

A protein called Hi1a has been isolated from a venomous species of funnel spider found on Australia ’s K’gari island.

It appears to protect the heart from being deprived of oxygen during a heart attacks.

That same attribute could also be used to improve the survivability of donor hearts during organ retrieval.

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