Two Filipino Scientists Get Prestigious Int'l Award for Work on Snail Venom

Baldomero Oliva and Lourdes Cruz (with cone snail, center) (Source: Esquiremag.ph)

Two Filipino biochemists Baldomero Oliva and Lourdes Cruz, along with their colleagues Michael McIntosh and the late Craig T. Clark, are recipients of this year’s Golden Goose Award for their groundbreaking studies on venom in cone snails that led to the discovery of a compound called peptides, which may be useful in blocking pain without causing paralysis (See Esquiremag.ph for story).