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The secrets of spider venom

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Michel Dugon |

TEDxGalway

• September 2017

Spider venom can stop your heart within minutes, cause unimaginable pain -- and potentially save your life, says zoologist Michel Dugon. With a live tarantula on his arm, Dugon explains the medical properties of their potent toxin and how it might be used to produce the next generation of antibiotics.

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Spider venom can stop your heart within minutes, cause unimaginable pain -- and potentially save your life, says zoologist Michel Dugon. With a live tarantula on his arm, Dugon explains the medical properties of their potent toxin and how it might be used to produce the next generation of antibiotics.

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Zoologist, venom researcher

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Michel Dugon researches the potential of spider venom as a source of novel therapeutic agents.

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This talk was presented to a local audience at TEDxGalway, an independent event. TED's editors chose to feature it for you.

Read more about TEDx.

Learn more about antimicrobial resistance and how the scientific community is working to address it.

Discover Dugon's venom research at the National University of Ireland Galway.

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