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Snail venom could knock out pain – and opioid addiction

With an epidemic of addiction to opioid painkillers on the rise, researchers say they’ve found an alternative for pain relief from an unlikely source – a small snail found in the Caribbean Sea. Scientists from the University of Utah say the little cone snail Conus regius produces a venom that blocks a pain pathway different from the...