Drug ideas in a snake's gorging
Updated: 2011-11-13 07:00
By Lawrence K. Altman(The New York Times)
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Fatty acids in pythons cause their organs to double in size after a meal. Such hypertrophy in humans can be beneficial. Paul Zenk / PBS Nature "Invasion of the Giant Python" |
Maria Elkin contributed reporting from Washington.
The New York Times
(China Daily 11/13/2011 page11)