Against brain cancer with the help of a scorpion?

U.S. hospitals have begun using the venom of the scorpion processed for recovery of patients suffering from brain cancer , it was realized that this substance attacks only diseased cells and not the healthy ones .

Scorpion venom is neurotoxic and the majority of species is not deadly to humans. However , the venom of some species can endanger human life .

Seattle 's researchers have developed new technology that can say that scorpion venom used to help doctors find and remove cancerous cells in the brain . Technology called " tumor paint , " was developed by dr . Jim Olson , a brain tumor specialist at Seattle Children's Hospital and professor 's ' Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center ' in Seattle .

" Scorpions have been millions of years and are used to produce medicines that enter the brain and paralyze the victim ," Olson said during a lecture at the convention ' PopTech ' last month .

" Tumor paint" created using a distributed protein from scorpion venom of Israel . Inxhinierizuar new protein , which binds to cancer cells , linked later with a phosphorescent mollusc , that " light issue " and has been used for decades by doctors to people . "Poison scorpion finds cancer cells and pull the light in them , making them shine more," Olson said at the convention . / Telegraph /