{"id":19468,"date":"2025-06-26T20:46:07","date_gmt":"2025-06-26T20:46:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.watanserb.com\/en\/?p=19468"},"modified":"2025-06-26T20:46:07","modified_gmt":"2025-06-26T20:46:07","slug":"amazon-scorpion-venom-shows-promise-in-breast-cancer-treatment-say-brazilian-scientists","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.watanserb.com\/en\/2025\/06\/26\/amazon-scorpion-venom-shows-promise-in-breast-cancer-treatment-say-brazilian-scientists\/","title":{"rendered":"Amazon Scorpion Venom Shows Promise in Breast Cancer Treatment, Say Brazilian Scientists"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"ai-optimize-6 ai-optimize-introduction\"><strong>Watan<\/strong>-Preliminary findings presented at a health conference in France, organized by the S\u00e3o Paulo Research Foundation, suggest that venom from the Amazon rainforest scorpion (Brotheas amazonicus) may hold potential in treating breast cancer.<\/p>\n<article class=\"text-token-text-primary w-full\" dir=\"auto\" data-testid=\"conversation-turn-50\" data-scroll-anchor=\"true\">\n<div class=\"text-base my-auto mx-auto py-5 [--thread-content-margin:--spacing(4)] @[37rem]:[--thread-content-margin:--spacing(6)] @[72rem]:[--thread-content-margin:--spacing(16)] px-(--thread-content-margin)\">\n<div class=\"[--thread-content-max-width:32rem] @[34rem]:[--thread-content-max-width:40rem] @[64rem]:[--thread-content-max-width:48rem] mx-auto flex max-w-(--thread-content-max-width) flex-1 text-base gap-4 md:gap-5 lg:gap-6 group\/turn-messages focus-visible:outline-hidden\" tabindex=\"-1\">\n<div class=\"group\/conversation-turn relative flex w-full min-w-0 flex-col agent-turn\">\n<div class=\"relative flex-col gap-1 md:gap-3\">\n<div class=\"flex max-w-full flex-col grow\">\n<div class=\"min-h-8 text-message relative flex w-full flex-col items-end gap-2 text-start break-words whitespace-normal [.text-message+&amp;]:mt-5\" dir=\"auto\" data-message-author-role=\"assistant\" data-message-id=\"464d9472-8000-4b43-a5e7-f090eeec80b4\" data-message-model-slug=\"gpt-4o\">\n<div class=\"flex w-full flex-col gap-1 empty:hidden first:pt-[3px]\">\n<div class=\"markdown prose dark:prose-invert w-full break-words light\">\n<p class=\"ai-optimize-8\" data-start=\"986\" data-end=\"1153\">In the relentless global search for new cancer treatments, researchers are exploring unexpected sources\u2014including scorpion tails, according to Science Alert.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ai-optimize-9\" data-start=\"1155\" data-end=\"1407\">To accelerate the process, a team of Brazilian researchers injected specific genes into the DNA of a host organism, colloquially referred to as a &#8220;biological factory&#8221;, allowing them to test the medicinal potential of venom-derived proteins.<\/p>\n<article class=\"text-token-text-primary w-full\" dir=\"auto\" data-testid=\"conversation-turn-52\" data-scroll-anchor=\"true\">\n<div class=\"text-base my-auto mx-auto py-5 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first:pt-[3px]\">\n<div class=\"markdown prose dark:prose-invert w-full break-words light\">\n<h3 class=\"ai-optimize-18\" data-start=\"0\" data-end=\"96\">Amazon Scorpion Molecule Mimics Chemotherapy in Targeting Breast Cancer Cells<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<p class=\"ai-optimize-10\" data-start=\"1409\" data-end=\"1495\">Pharmacologist Eliane Candiani Arantes of the University of S\u00e3o Paulo explained:\u201cWe identified a molecule in this Amazonian scorpion species that resembles others found in scorpion venoms and has shown activity against breast cancer cells.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"ai-optimize-11\" data-start=\"1664\" data-end=\"1798\">The molecule, named BamazScplp1, acts similarly to chemotherapy, triggering apoptosis (cell death) in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.watanserb.com\/en\/2025\/01\/09\/ai-boosts-breast-cancer-detection-accuracy-in-real-world-screening\/\">breast<\/a> cancer cells.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ai-optimize-12\" data-start=\"1800\" data-end=\"2050\">While the research is still in early stages, the \u201cbiological factory\u201d method has also yielded other promising molecules, including one that stimulates blood vessel growth\u2014synthesized from snake venom and cattle-derived blood proteins.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ai-optimize-13\" data-start=\"2052\" data-end=\"2072\">Arantes explained:\u201cThis growth factor helps form new blood vessels, and the technique allows for scalable production through a process called heterologous expression.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_10646\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-10646\" style=\"width: 1024px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-10646 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/www.watanserb.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/AI-breast-cancer-diagnoses-may-reduce-disparity-in-womens-mortality-1024x555.jpg\" alt=\"Pharmacologist Eliane Candiani Arantes of the University of S\u00e3o Paulo explained:\u201cWe identified a molecule in this Amazonian scorpion species that resembles others found in scorpion venoms and has shown activity against breast cancer cells.\u201d\" width=\"1024\" height=\"555\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.watanserb.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/AI-breast-cancer-diagnoses-may-reduce-disparity-in-womens-mortality-1024x555.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.watanserb.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/AI-breast-cancer-diagnoses-may-reduce-disparity-in-womens-mortality-300x163.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.watanserb.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/AI-breast-cancer-diagnoses-may-reduce-disparity-in-womens-mortality-768x416.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.watanserb.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/AI-breast-cancer-diagnoses-may-reduce-disparity-in-womens-mortality.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-10646\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Amazon Scorpion Molecule Mimics Chemotherapy in Targeting Breast Cancer Cells<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h3 class=\"ai-optimize-14\" data-start=\"2239\" data-end=\"2275\">What is Heterologous Expression?<\/h3>\n<p class=\"ai-optimize-15\" data-start=\"2277\" data-end=\"2619\">Heterologous expression involves introducing genetic material (DNA or RNA) from one organism into a different host organism, enabling the host to produce foreign proteins. This technique helps scientists study protein function, produce therapeutic proteins in large quantities, and drive innovation in genetic engineering.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ai-optimize-16\" data-start=\"2621\" data-end=\"2792\">In this study, Arantes and her team used a type of yeast called Komagataella pastoris as the host &#8220;factory&#8221; to mass-produce bioactive proteins for experimentation.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ai-optimize-17\" data-start=\"2794\" data-end=\"3009\" data-is-last-node=\"\" data-is-only-node=\"\">By leveraging such technologies, researchers believe it may be possible to discover and develop more hidden treatments found in nature\u2014potentially revolutionizing future oncology and pharmaceutical research.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"flex min-h-[46px] justify-start\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<div class=\"pointer-events-none h-px w-px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" data-edge=\"true\"><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Watan-Preliminary findings presented at a health conference in France, organized by the S\u00e3o Paulo Research Foundation, suggest that venom from the Amazon rainforest scorpion (Brotheas amazonicus) may hold potential in treating breast cancer. 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