University of Sydney study finds medicine which blocks the symptoms of box jellyfish sting

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May 2 2019 - 2:00am
A box jellyfish sting can kill a human in minutes. Photo by Associate Professor Jamie Seymour, James Cook University.
A box jellyfish sting can kill a human in minutes. Photo by Associate Professor Jamie Seymour, James Cook University.

IT'S THE most venomous creature on earth - the Australian box jellyfish - but now Australian researchers have found an antidote for its deadly sting.

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Eileen Wood

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