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Box Jellyfish Stings Research

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The purpose of the experiment is to test effective cures for box jellyfish stings to help US special combat divers. The university of Hawai'i -- Manoa, created an experiment to test different treatments. Methods of treatment ranged from urine to State of the art technologies made for the military. Since Box Jellyfish stings can be deadly testing on humans was not option for them the article stated. So instead they used live stinging tentacles on live human red blood cells. The experiment also looked at how the could slow the tentacle firing and the venom toxicity. The results showed that the humble methods of treatment work, for example: vinegar and hot water immersion. Dr. Yanagihara, the lead author on the paper and assistant research professor,

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