s (including social isolation and frequent mood swings)
Understandably, a development as valuable as this one could go a long way in reducing anxieties in families who have children who are affected.
"We've shown a very important proof of concept that if you alter the function of a protein this way with a drug, you can fix seizure controls, you can fix the neurons, and you can fix all of the other things that go wrong related to that," Petrou says, adding that he and his team will work with companies to develop the tarantula venom into a drug for human trials.