For some of you Hot keepers out there...

I think you might like this, a little isight to how your hobby helps the medical community

Wish TN wasn't so strict, need to move back to TX miss my WDB

well anyway here is the program

http://www.pbs.org/wnet/nature/episodes/the-venom-cure/video-full-episode/5396/

enjoy

ultra cool !!!!

I'd always been interested in hots simply to be able to add to the anti-venom stores locally. The things they are finding out about venom now and being able to use it for is incredible though.

I'd always been interested in hots simply to be able to add to the anti-venom stores locally. The things they are finding out about venom now and being able to use it for is incredible though.

I agree Quig.

thanks for the great post!

Wish TN wasn't so strict, need to move back to TX miss my WDB


Don't know why you folks move away in the first place, you know this is the best place to live. :yessir:

I wish I could keep venomous... :lmao:

Wow, thanks for the great post J! Definitely incredible what can be done nowadays. My lab uses tetrodotoxin in our electrophysiology recordings to eliminate excitatory synaptic transmission so we can judge how different brain cells respond to stimulation (ex vivo in rats of course!)