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The phrase, "What doesn't kill you makes you stronger" couldn't be more true for toxinologists, the scientists studying the properties of the world's deadliest venom in hopes of unlocking beneficial properties. They are studying the poisonous properties of chemicals that evolved over millennial to give animals a fighting chance of survival.

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