Conotoxin: the venom that’s good for you!

Can venom provide you pain relief? And have you ever heard about conotoxins?

Well I hadn’t heard either until just recently but it seems as venom may be good in some cases and that these little unheard things called conotoxins could do us the world of good, or at least be the key to developing new pain management drugs with fewer side effects.

To find out more about this Professor Richard Lewis from the Centre for Pain Research at the University of Queensland joined us on the line.