Funnel-web spider venom may one day help save the lives of heart transplant patients
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The funnel-web is Australia s most venomous spider.
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Striding along a sandy track, a group of scientists is doing something kids are warned not to do: looking for funnel-web spiders.
Leading the pack, known as the bugs-and-drugs squad , is biochemist Glenn King from the University of Queensland, who has built a career unpicking the chemical composition of Australia s venomous creatures.
He and his team have come to K gari the place you may know as Fraser Island looking for a special kind of treasure in funnel-web venom: a miracle molecule.
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