Housecall for Health: Spider Venom Taking a Bite Out of Breast Cancer?

The latest potential weapon in the war against breast cancer could come from a spider.

FOX’s Colleen Cappon reports in today’s “Housecall for Health”:

Researchers may have found an unlikely substance to kill breast cancer cells: deadly spider venom.

Scientists at the University of Queensland hope a mix of molecules in the venom from funnel-web spiders and tarantulas could offer a natural solution to breast cancer treatment.  During the upcoming two-year trial, molecules from spiders’ fangs will be isolated and exposed to cancer cells, in hopes that the toxins will bind to the cancer and attack.

Housecall for Health, I’m Colleen Cappon, FOX News Radio.