http://www.pain.com/news/news.cfm?news__nid=1215
" Australian scientists have taken out a full patent on a novel compound from a toxic marine snail that could be a godsend to sufferers of chronic pain. The compound from a species of cone shell, a beautiful, but often deadly type of mollusc found on the Great Barrier Reef, could hold the key to a new era of powerful drugs to treat chronic pain common in diseases such as cancer, AIDS and arthritis. In laboratory studies the drug, known as ACV1, is more powerful and longer lasting than morphine. And, unlike morphine, it is not addictive and lacks the side-effects of morphine, namely constipation and respiratory depression."
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