As much as you might loathe these hairy and scary looking spiders they could save the life of someone you know (and secretly we think they’re pretty epic animals). Research being undertaken by scientists at James Cook University are showing promising signs for treating breast cancer. When compounds from the spider venom are exposed to breast cancer cells they die.
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