Drug Discovery with Venom
Channel: Understanding Animal Research
Date: 2019-10-31

Venomtech is unique amongst our members in keeping venomous and poisonous animals - not for fun - although they are a very interesting collection of creatures - but for providing researchers with a huge range of novel compounds. 

Spiders and scorpions are kept in the lab UAR recently filmed in while snakes are kept in another secure space. Whether it's from invertebrates or vertebrates, venoms are a cocktail of biologically highly active compounds. See http://www.understandinganimalresearch.org.uk/news/research-medical-benefits/drug-discovery-with-venom/

UAR can organise speakers to come to schools to explain their scientific work - see the website for details: https://www.understandinganimalresearch.org.uk/