okay, what animal is a shrew? Never heard of it except as mentioned by
William Shakespeare.

~Tamar Mag Raine
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> [Original Message]
> From: Meir Weiss <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Date: 2/21/2005 5:19:30 AM
> Subject: Shrews' spit to tame pain
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> Shrew's spit to tame pain
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>
> CP; CanWest News Service
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> February 21, 2005
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> Jack Stewart, a biochemistry professor at Mount Allison University in
> Sackville, N.B., and his team of researchers have discovered a compound
> in shrew spit that holds promise for pain control and cancer treatment.
> The substance, a protein Stewart has named soricidin, after the shrew
> family Soricidae, is about to be put through intensive animal testing
> and development. Soricidin's properties could make it useful in treating
> migraines, facial pain, neuromuscular diseases, and even wrinkles.
>
> C The Gazette (Montreal) 2005
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> Selected Recent Publications
>
> Stewart, J.M., Vernes, K. and Steeves, B.J. 2004. Paralytic peptide for
> use in neuromuscular therapy. Filed with the United States Patent and
> Trademark Office in the USA and at the Canadian Receiving Office of the
> Patent Cooperation Treaty, and the European Patent Office. Published by
> EPO June 3, 2004.
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> http://www.mta.ca/faculty/science/bio/johnstewart.html