<p>A drug made from the venom of the world’s deadliest spider could hold the cure for impotency, researchers have claimed.<br /><br /></p>.<p>Researchers from Brazil and the US found that venom from the Brazilian Wandering Spider (Phoneutria nigriventer) can produce toxins that could have a blood-boosting effect and can combat erectile dysfunction within 20 minutes of entering the body, the Daily Mail reported.<br /><br />The spider is responsible for killing more people than any other arachnid. Victims usually die within an hour of being bitten.<br /><br />Tests carried out on rats show the venom boosts performance by increasing the release of nitric oxide, a chemical that dilates blood vessels and improves blood flow.<br />This is similar to how existing impotence drugs work.<br /><br />Although drugs such as Viagra, Cialis and Levitra have revolutionised treatment for impotency in the last 10 years, around 30 per cent of men who take them see no improvement.<br /><br />A drug made from spider venom could prove to be an effective alternative.<br />Researchers extracted the toxin, called PnTx2-6, from the deadly venom and injected it into rats which had age-related erectile dysfunction.<br /><br />They found the toxin boosted erections by triggering the release of nitric oxide, which boosts circulation in the male genitals by helping blood vessel walls relax.<br /><br />“The decrease in erectile function associated with age was partially restored 15 to 20 minutes after injection with PnTx2-6,” the researchers were quoted as saying by the paper.The study was published in The Journal of Sexual Medicine. <br /></p>
<p>A drug made from the venom of the world’s deadliest spider could hold the cure for impotency, researchers have claimed.<br /><br /></p>.<p>Researchers from Brazil and the US found that venom from the Brazilian Wandering Spider (Phoneutria nigriventer) can produce toxins that could have a blood-boosting effect and can combat erectile dysfunction within 20 minutes of entering the body, the Daily Mail reported.<br /><br />The spider is responsible for killing more people than any other arachnid. Victims usually die within an hour of being bitten.<br /><br />Tests carried out on rats show the venom boosts performance by increasing the release of nitric oxide, a chemical that dilates blood vessels and improves blood flow.<br />This is similar to how existing impotence drugs work.<br /><br />Although drugs such as Viagra, Cialis and Levitra have revolutionised treatment for impotency in the last 10 years, around 30 per cent of men who take them see no improvement.<br /><br />A drug made from spider venom could prove to be an effective alternative.<br />Researchers extracted the toxin, called PnTx2-6, from the deadly venom and injected it into rats which had age-related erectile dysfunction.<br /><br />They found the toxin boosted erections by triggering the release of nitric oxide, which boosts circulation in the male genitals by helping blood vessel walls relax.<br /><br />“The decrease in erectile function associated with age was partially restored 15 to 20 minutes after injection with PnTx2-6,” the researchers were quoted as saying by the paper.The study was published in The Journal of Sexual Medicine. <br /></p>