Brazil’s Butantan Institute recently issued a press release stating that a team involved in the institute has successfully synthesized a substance extracted from the venom of a local spider that has the potential to fight cancer cells. Cancer brings new hope.

The communique said that the biggest difference between this compound and most chemotherapy drugs One is that the former can kill tumor cells by initiating the apoptosis mechanism. This means cells are able to self-destruct in a controlled manner without causing an inflammatory response.

In addition, the researchers also observed that the synthetic compounds retained Anti-tumor activity was detected in the venom's natural toxins, and the compound was able to eliminate leukemia cells that are resistant to chemotherapy, commonly known as "blood cancer."

The next step will be testing on lung and bone cancer cells, the researchers said.