Snake-Venom 'Super Glue' Can Stop Wounds Bleeding in Seconds With a Flash of Light - ScienceAlert
Recently we've seen developments from several types of venoms, from bee venom as a cancer treatment to using platypus venom for diabetes.
A team of researchers has developed the next venom-based medical advancement: a fast-acting "super glue" that stops bleeding in under a minute.The venom causes excessive clotting until the prey's body exhausts its capacity to form any clots at all and ends up bleeding excessively instead, a process called consumption coagulopathy."During trauma, injury, and emergency bleeding, this 'super glue' can be applied by simply squeezing the tube and shining a visible light, such as a laser pointer, over it for a few seconds.Just this week, another team published research that shows spider venom has the potential to aid heart attack victims.Systematic exploration of animal venoms "allows us to take advantage of the vast natural and over millions of years evolutionary-selected peptide libraries for therapeutic lead discovery," explained Muttenthaler, whose own work has investigated spider and scorpion venom use for chronic pain relief.