Deadly Scorpion Provides Safe Pesticide
Date: 27.1.2010
Scorpions deliver a powerful, **paralyzing venom** -- a complex cocktail of poisonous peptides -- that immobilize animal prey on the spot. Some of the toxins in this cocktail damage only **insects**, which is why a Tel Aviv University researcher is harnessing them to create a safe and ecologically sound **pesticide**.
Rather than isolating the venom constituents of the Israeli yellow scorpion, known to be among the world's most poisonous scorpions, Prof. Gurevitz developed genetic methods for producing and manipulating the desired toxins in **bacteria**.
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