Animals don’t just save lives… They have the solution to many health problems within them. Examples…
To improve our health, it is sometimes sufficient to associate with animals. Several studies have shown it: the last one, published last Friday, shows that in single people, the presence of a dog would help reduce the risk of dying prematurely and having a heart attack. It has long been known that people who own animals are healthier than the rest of the population. A loyal dog, there is nothing better for your self-esteem. Dogs, cats and other pets … Their owners even go to the hospital less often.
Long live the snake venom
Pets may be man’s best friend, but they’re not the only one. For example the snake… A substance present in the venom of the black mamba would be a pain medication as powerful as morphine. A CNRS team tested this substance – mambalgin – in mice. And the results are very promising. Not only does it suppress the pain, it also has far fewer side effects than morphine. In particular, the risk of addiction is much lower.
Of course, snake venom to fight pain is not immediately, but it’s still good news because there is a dire lack of new drugs in this area …
Bite from the epic pig
The spicy pork! Again, it is not really a pet. But, this little animal with 30,000 needles standing on its back might just make our life sweeter. Researchers at Harvard Medical School in Boston have found that these thorns penetrate the skin twice as well as a traditional syringe. In fact, at the ends of the thorns there are microscopic pimples that facilitate penetration.
We could therefore manufacture syringes that resemble porcupine thorns and this could have two advantages: on the one hand, as the needle penetrates better, it tears the skin less; on the other hand, the sting might be less painful. But that’s not all ! These small pins have another advantage, it takes 4 times more energy to remove the thorn. The researchers think that this could give ideas of new generation dressings, without glue, and which would be less toxic.
Glued like a mold
A final example, the mussel. Anyone who has ever tried to get a mussel hanging from its rock will immediately find the amazing virtues that we could use. A team of American researchers have discovered the secrets of this adhesive substance that allows mussels to resist waves. With the idea of making a synthetic glue, similar to that of molds and thus repairing some of our organs. It is true that most of our organs
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