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Cuban scientists have developed a drug from scorpion venom which they say could go a long way in fighting cancer. The drug can be used to treat brain tumors, pancreas and prostate cancer. The idea of researching the possibility of scorpion venom as cure for cancer and other diseases gained in strength after it was realized that local doctors had been using it for centuries. A container from the colonial era preserving scorpion venom in Havan’s French Pharmacy indicates that it was used in the country since the 18th century.