UH devises box jellyfish sting treatment

By Marcie Kagawa

POSTED: 01:30 a.m. HST, Dec 13, 2012

~~<p>It took 14 years, but Angel Yanagihara, a biochemist and assistant research professor at the University of Hawaii at Manoa, has developed a treatment for painful and possibly life-threatening box jellyfish stings.</p>
<p>The treatment can be used for relief from pain, swelling and redness from stings, and blocks the venom to possibly prevent cardiac arrest and death.</p>
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It took 14 years, but Angel Yanagihara, a biochemist and assistant research professor at the University of Hawaii at Manoa, has developed a treatment for painful and possibly life-threatening box jellyfish stings.

The treatment can be used for relief from pain, swelling and redness from stings, and blocks the venom to possibly prevent cardiac arrest and death. Login for more...