Cuban Scientists Treat Cancer with Scorpion Venom Chinanews.com
go to original August 4, 2014

Scientists in Cuba find a new way to treat cancer - using scorpion venom. (NTDTV)

Venom from a scorpion endemic to Cuba, "Rophalorus junceus," is being used by Cuban scientists as an effective weapon to fight cancer.

The venom, with analgesic, anti-inflammatory and anti-tumor properties, is the active ingredient in homeopathic medicine "Vidatox 30 CH," which can be used to treat breast, liver, brain, prostate, lung and other cancers.

The treatment has been successfully used for more than four years in humans after being first tested in biological models.

Labiofam, a Cuban laboratory, has breeding centers for both the Red Scorpion and Blue Scorpion.

Each month, some 30,000 scorpions in Las Minas town, 270 km east of Havana, undergo a stimulation process, in which they receive a 20-millivolt electric stimuli to remove the venom. After two years, the scorpions are released back into their natural habitat.

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