Research into poison curare may lead to medication against tobacco addiction
Wednesday, March 30, 2011 - 12:31
in Health & Medicine
For the first time, three-dimensional images of protein being paralyzed by the poison curare have been made. Curare has a paralyzing effect and the poison’s active chemical component is used in lung surgery. To date, however, scientists did not know how exactly it works. 3D images have now opened new perspectives for the development of medications against sleeping disorders, tobacco addiction and muscle diseases.