r/science • • Sep 01 '15

Animal Science Brazilian wasp venom kills cancer cells by opening them up

http://phys.org/news/2015-09-brazilian-wasp-venom-cancer-cells.html
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u/philintheblanks Sep 02 '15

It acts against something that is apparently (I don't actually claim to know the lipid content of all human cells) selective to cancer cells of a certain type. Personally I would have appreciated a title along the lines of. "Brazilian wasp venom active against outer cell wall lipid concentrations found in cancerous cells". But eh.