Researchers synthesize healing compounds in scorpion venom
Stanford chemists have identified and synthesized two new healing compounds in scorpion venom that are effective at killing staph and tuberculosis bacteria.
Source: Stanford researchers synthesize healing compounds in scorpion venom
When living in Mexico I kept a few specimen of the scorpion species used in this research: Diplocentrus melici. You can see photos of this species and its habitat in Disappearing claws in the dark.