Snail venom may hold possible pain cure (AP)

SALT LAKE CITY - University of Utah researchers have harvested a substance from the venom of a cone snail that shows promise in treating some human pain. The findings were published in Tuesday's edition of the journal "Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences " /> SEARCH News | News Photos | Images | Web " /> National Academy of Sciences ." "Our hope is that by identifying new mechanisms for treating pain," researcher J. Michael McIntosh said, "we'll have another weapon in the arsenal to ...