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15 June 2012

Pythons—A Model to Study Human Heart Disease?

By Max Sherman

Many of my previous articles for RAPS have featured a host of disparate animals that are or could be used in medicine or in medical research, including leeches, maggots, rats, spiders, whipworms, Gila monsters and zebrafish. Now, there is new evidence to include Burmese pythons on this distinguished list. This snake species may be used to develop drugs to treat human heart disease.¹ In anticipation of this event, it would be prudent to know more about Burmese pythons, their diet, their unusual digestive processes, why they were selected as a research tool and their possible therapeutic use. [Read More...]

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