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Scientists have found that an ingredient in the venom of the 'deathstalker' scorpion could help gene therapy become an effective treatment for brain cancer.
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Shawn said his wife thinks it is a "yellow scorpion," also known as a "deathstalker", a poisonous scorpion mainly found in Africa and the Middle East - but Mason has his doubts.
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Never fear: The University of Washington's scientists aren't working directly with those deathstalker scorpions.
FOXNews.com Kat Meduski 2010
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Researchers found that chlorotoxin, an amino acid found in deathstalker scorpions, can slow the cancer's spread by blocking narrow channels in the brain through which malignant, shape-shifting cells can migrate.
FOXNews.com Kat Meduski 2010
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You wouldn't want a deathstalker scorpion in your boot.
FOXNews.com Kat Meduski 2010
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Key ingredients of their gene-delivery system are chlorotoxin, the substance in deathstalker scorpion venom that can slow the spread of brain cancer, and nanoparticles of iron oxide.
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Key ingredients of their gene-delivery system are chlorotoxin, the substance in deathstalker scorpion venom that can slow the spread of brain cancer, and nanoparticles of iron oxide.
The Times of India 2010
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