Aussie start-up using spider venom to treat heart attacks

STORY: Aussie start-up using spider venom to treat heart attacks DATELINE: July 15, 2022 LENGTH: 00:02:50 LOCATION: SYDNEY, Australia CATEGORY: SCIENCE SHOTLIST: 1. various of a team of drug researchers doing experiment 2. SOUNDBITE (English): GLENN KING, Professor, group leader, Institute of Molecular Bioscience, University of Queensland 3. various of research working in lab STORYLINE: A team of drug researchers from the University of Queensland (UQ) have developed a new heart attack treatment made from deadly spider venom and are now looking to bring the lifesaving treatment to market through a local start-up. The team said recently that the drug candidate was one step closer to human trials after Brisbane start-up Infensa Bioscience received 23 million Australian dollars (15.6 million U.S. dollars) of initial funding from private investors. SOUNDBITE (English): GLENN KING, Professor, Group leader, Institute of Molecular Bioscience, University of Queensland "I had a particular drug target in mind th