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Tick saliva drug could ease chronic pain and itching in people
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Tick saliva drug could ease chronic pain and itching in people

by Durham University Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain A protein found in tick saliva could be turned into a drug that eases itching and chronic pain in people. New research has shown that the protein—called Votucalis—provided pain and itch relief in research involving mice. The findings from Durham and Newcastle Universities, in collaboration with pharmaceutical company Akari Therapeutics...