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Tick Saliva May Hold Key for Future Cancer Cure

(ChattahBox)—Brazillian researchers may have stumbled on a future cure for cancerous tumors. An anti-coagulant protein found in the saliva of a common South American tick has been shown to shrink tumors in rats, and the discovery could pave the way for new treatments.

Lead researcher, Ana Marisa Chudzinski-Tavassi, a molecular biologist at the Instituto Butantan in Sao Paulo, called her discovery a “radical innovation.” Tavassi did not plan at first, to conduct research on cancerous tumors… more

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