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The Gila monster's bite may be agonising, but humans have been using the lizard's venom to save lives. Over 30 years ago scientists discovered the potential of Gila monster venom as a treatment for ...

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After weeks of this work, he found that the venom that triggered the biggest reaction came from the gila monster, a large orange and black lizard from the southwestern U.S. It can grow up to 22 inches ...

The U.S. is home to many things. The best athletes and musicians. Some of the best restaurants and food in the world. But I bet y'all didn't know that the ...

But Arizonans love their lizards and in 2016 people from across the state came together to crowdfund a nearly decade-long project to uncover the most fundamental secrets of the Gila monster.

Gila monster isn't the only creature to have lent its chemical arsenal to modern medicine The bite of a Gila monster is venomous enough to harm a human, but hidden within its toxic cocktail lies a ...

The toxic bite of a Gila monster can kill a human, but a specific ingredient in the cocktail of the lizard's venom is the reason we have glucagon-like peptide (GLP-1) agonists like Ozempic and Wegovy.