Listen to the BBC radio interview given by Dr Rob Harrison, Head of the Alistair Reid Venom Research Unit at LSTM, where he comments on the findings of a study published in Nature, by scientists at the Institute of Molecular and Cellular Pharmacology near Nice.
This study suggests that a painkiller as powerful as morphine, but without most of the side-effects, has been found in the deadly venom of the black mamba.
Please click to listen to the Interview given by Dr Rob Harrison.