Tuesday, July 10, 2012

Opossum Protein Seen as Antidote to Poisons

A protein found in the American opossum may someday provide an antidote to nearly all forms of poison.

The Journal of Venomous Animals and Toxins has found that opossums produce a protein known as Lethal Toxin-Neutralizing Factor (LTNF), Yahoo News reports. The protein seeks out otherwise lethal poisons that have entered an opossum's body and neutralizes them.

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