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Chinese red-headed centipedes, Scolopendra subspinipes mutilans. Image credit: Department of Biology, the University of New Mexico.

Molecule from Venom of Chinese Centipede Could Lead to Painkiller as Effective as Morphine

Oct 2, 2013 by News Staff

Scientists reporting in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences have discovered a peptide in the venom of the Chinese red-headed centipede,...