In December, Artelo Biosciences announced the presentation of preliminary data on ART27.13, a benzimidazole derivative being studied for cancer-related anorexia. Artelo is evaluating ART27.13 in ...

Out of the 334 patients, 151 had some type of surgery to remove the parasites while 315 received drug therapy with the medication benzimidazole. They analyzed patient demographics, symptoms at ...

The poison is called cerberin, and it is a cardiac glycoside that inhibits the sodium-potassium ATPase of the heart if ingested. Your heart needs those sodium-potassium ATPases to function properly.

The antimalarial drug mefloquine could help treat genetic diseases such as cystic fibrosis, Duchenne muscular dystrophy, as well as some cancers. In these diseases, a mutation in the genetic code ...

The antimalarial drug mefloquine could help treat genetic diseases such as cystic fibrosis, Duchenne muscular dystrophy, as well as some cancers. In these diseases, a mutation in the genetic code ...

Pong-pong fruit contains the toxin cerberin, a type of cardiac glycoside that attacks a pump in the heart that controls sodium and potassium levels in the body. A low dose of a cardiac glycoside ...

The pong pong tree—also known as the “suicide tree”—may be a plot point in the season finale of the HBO series. But the plant was known to cause thousands of deaths a year in the past. Don ...

The heart-stopping cardiac glycosides in the plant are most concentrated in its seeds. They can lead to hyperkalemia, heart block, and other major cardiac events leading to death. Science Direct ...

The fruit of the pong pong tree — a real, poisonous plant — is a major plot point in the Season 3 finale of HBO’s The White Lotus. Ingesting even one seed from the pong pong fruit can be ...