KonyaThe new discovery in the medical world created excitement. Selçuk University Faculty of Science Department of Biochemistry Professor. Dr. Serdar Karakurt, with the surname of the small and toxic scorpion discovered in the field of field work brought to the literature.
Prof. Dr. Karakurt, Prof.Dr. Dr. Ersen Aydın Yağmur and Şırnak in Şırnak during the land scans found and thought that the literature was not in the scorpion began academic work.
Karakurt gave his surname: “Scorpio Karakurdi”
“Scorpio” type in the small and poisonous scorpion “Scorpio Karakurdi” under the name of the literature Karakurt Karakurt, AA correspondent, scorpion, a rare species of Southeastern Anatolia Region, he said. Karakurt, the scorpion is happy to bring the literature, “the new type of morphology as a look, more than other species. Scorpions decrease in the content of the poison increases. We have revealed that there are many different compounds in the poison produced by our analytical studies in our laboratory.” he said.
“CANCER It is aimed to use it in the treatment of its studies “
Emphasizing that it is possible to use the poison obtained from the scorpion in medicine, Karakurt said, “Poison has special proteins that can enter the human cell in itself. It actively affects cells. Scorpion Poisons prevent the spread of the disease in protein ducts such as potassium ducts in the cell, allowing the cells to die in controlled. However, the actual effect here, not the scorpion poison itself, but the active proteins in it. “He said.
Karakurt, TÜBİTAK supported projects by mentioning, said:
“In this project, we tried to reveal the effects of proteins found in the structures of scorpion species in human colon cancer, lung cancer and liver cancer. We have demonstrated that the proteins found in the structures of this species have been effective in the treatment of human colon cancer. We have revealed that it inhibited the vitality of colon cancer by 95 percent. “
(AA)