Chemical from venom of Chilean tarantula could aid treatment of heart attack, other major diseases


	Chemical from venom of Chilean tarantula could aid treatment of heart attack, other major diseases

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6-13-2008 6:15 AM

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<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/92e35673-913e-439b-ad47-8b842ca06638/2C118B16-9FA8-4040-89E0-AB0D97CD00CE/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://news.bio-medicine.org/biology-news-2/Chemical-from-venom-of-Chilean-tarantula-could-aid-treatment-of-heart-attack--other-major-diseases-11512-1/" href="http://news.bio-medicine.org/biology-news-2/Chemical-from-venom-of-Chilean-tarantula-could-aid-treatment-of-heart-attack--other-major-diseases-11512-1/" style="font-size: 11px;">news.bio-medicine.org</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://news.bio-medicine.org/biology-news-2/Chemical-from-venom-of-Chilean-tarantula-could-aid-treatment-of-heart-attack--other-major-diseases-11512-1/">University at Buffalo biophysicists have identified a component of venom from a very large, very hairy Chilean tarantula that blocks the action of ion channels that are responsible for cellular mechanical responses -- the cell's ability to feel.</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://news.bio-medicine.org/biology-news-2/Chemical-from-venom-of-Chilean-tarantula-could-aid-treatment-of-heart-attack--other-major-diseases-11512-1/"><P>
	These channels or pores in the cell membrane -- called stretch-activated channels because stretching the membrane causes them to open and close -- have been implicated in functions as diverse as the senses of touch and hearing, muscle contraction and coordination, and blood pressure and volume regulation.
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	This is the first report of a substance -- in this case a small protein -- that specifically blocks stretch-activated channels.  </blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://news.bio-medicine.org/biology-news-2/Chemical-from-venom-of-Chilean-tarantula-could-aid-treatment-of-heart-attack--other-major-diseases-11512-1/">
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