"Cuba does not yet have any pharmaceutical product based on the venom of the blue scorpion," Dr. Rafael Pérez Cristiá, director of Cuba's Regulatory Bureau for the Health Protection and Center ...

See also: Slide Show: Blue Scorpion Venom: Cuba's Miracle Drug. When the exam concludes, Cruz rattles off doctor-speak about the child's muscle strength, response mechanisms, and the Lansky scale, an ...

(EFE) In 2006, Cuba started clinical trials to test the efficacy of scorpion venom in cancer treatment and researchers quickly noted that patients' quality of life was substantially improved.

José Perera is a scorpion hunter employed by Cuba's state biotech company, Labiofam. For more than 20 years, Cubans have been treating cancer patients with blue scorpion venom.

A California woman received a vial of Vidatox, a treatment made in Cuba from the venom of the endemic blue scorpion, instead of a felt hat she ordered on Amazon.

Venom from a scorpion native to Cuba, Rophalorus junceus, is being used by scientists as an effective weapon against cancer. The venom, with analgesic, anti-inflammatory and anti-tumor properties ...

Once a month for the last decade, Pepe Casanas, a 78-year-old Cuban farmer, has hunted down a scorpion to sting himself with, vowing that the venom wards off his rheumatism pains.

Cuba is working on four research projects on anti-cancer treatments using the venom of a type of scorpion that is endemic to the island, government officials announced Tuesday.

Havana, Cuba, resident Pepe Casanas, 78, has discovered a tried-and-true way to treat his rheumatism pain: Once a month for the last 10 years, Casanas seeks out a blue scorpion, which is endemic ...