[drug] Tectin is the brand name of a pain killing drug currently in development by WEX Pharmaceuticals Inc. The drug comes from a toxin in the pufferfish called tetrodotoxin, a very potent neurotoxin which shuts down electrical signaling in nerves by binding to the pores of sodium channel proteins in nerve cell membranes. Tectin holds promi...
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[secretion] Tectin is an organic substance secreted by certain ciliate protozoans. Tectin may form an adhesive stalk, disc or other sticky secretion. Tectin may also form a gelatinous envelope or membrane enclosing some ciliates as a protective capsule or lorica. Tectin is also called pseudochitin. Granules or rods (called protrichocysts) i...
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