Saturday 12 July 2014

Potent spider toxin 'electrocutes' German, not American, cockroaches

Date:
July 11, 2014

Source:
Johns Hopkins Medicine

Summary:
Using spider toxins to study the proteins that let nerve cells send out electrical signals, researchers say they have stumbled upon a biological tactic that may offer a new way to protect crops from insect plagues in a safe and environmentally responsible way.


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