Virginia Tech: Making Medicine Out of Millipedes
July 30, 2025
July 30, 2025
BLACKSBURG, Virginia, July 30 (TNSjou) -- Virginia Tech issued the following news:
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Making medicine out of millipedes
By Syd Morgan
Millipedes get a bad rap -- their many legs put people off and could classify them as "creepy crawly." But these anthropods' secretions could hold the key to new drug discovery for the treatment of neurological diseases and pain.
Chemist Emily Mevers and her team recently discovered . . .
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Making medicine out of millipedes
By Syd Morgan
Millipedes get a bad rap -- their many legs put people off and could classify them as "creepy crawly." But these anthropods' secretions could hold the key to new drug discovery for the treatment of neurological diseases and pain.
Chemist Emily Mevers and her team recently discovered . . .