Word: aggrastat
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...genome--there's no better place to start than the business end of a good poisonous plant or animal. Modern medicine is filled with drugs derived from deadly poisons, from the muscle relaxant curare (taken from South American vines that are used to poison arrow tips) to the anticoagulant Aggrastat (based on the venom of the saw-scaled viper...
...powerful but still experimental drug called Aggrastat may cut by 45% the risk of HEART ATTACKS and death in patients hospitalized for severe chest pains caused by unstable angina. Unlike today's clot-busting drugs, which dissolve the clots that cause heart attacks, Aggrastat prevents clots from forming in the first place...
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