To identify new antimicrobial candidates, scientists at the University of Pennsylvania mined global venomics datasets using a deep-learning system called...
These toxin delivery systems are fully analogous to and often rival the complexity of venom delivery systems found in animals such as venomous snakes,...
Xibalbanus tulumensis, a venomous remipede found in anchialine caves on the Yucatán Peninsula, is the only crustacean for which a venom system has been...
Snakebites affect about 1.8 million people annually. The current standard of care involves antibody-based antivenoms, which can be difficult to access...
Spitting cobra venom is incredibly potent and causes dermonecrosis, which presents as rapid destruction of skin, muscle and bone around the site of the...
Scientists have identified five cryptic species of the venomous viper genus Bothriechis living in the jungles and cloud forests of Colombia and Ecuador.
Bothriechis...
Living amphibians include frogs and salamanders and the limbless worm-like caecilians (order Gymnophiona). Caecilians have cylindrical bodies with a compact,...
The newly-developed rapid wound sealant is composed of two snake venom proteins: ecarin, which rapidly initiates blood clotting, and textilinin, which...
Animal venoms are considered sterile sources of antimicrobial compounds with strong membrane-disrupting activity against multidrug-resistant bacteria....
Chemists have analyzed protein diversity in venom produced by Apis mellifera ligustica in the marri (Corymbia calophylla) ecosystem in southern-western...
Contrary to dogma that defensive venoms are simple in composition, mottled cup moth caterpillars (Doratifera vulnerans) produce a very complex venom containing...
A team of scientists from the University of Queensland and King’s College London has found that the venom of Australian Dendrocnide trees contains previously...
A team of scientists from Brazil and the United States has found the specialized oral glands in the jaws of the ringed caecilian (Siphonops annulatus),...
Snake venom did not evolve as self-defense, according to a paper published in the journal Toxins.
The study by Ward-Smith et al doesn’t support the hypothesis...
An international team of researchers has sequenced the genome of the Indian cobra (Naja naja), a highly venomous, medically important snake.
The Indian...
Scientists say they have discovered an antidote to the sting delivered by the box jellyfish Chironex fleckeri, which is considered to be one of the most...
After performing an analysis of the antimicrobial properties of a peptide found in the venom of Polybia paulista, a species of South American social wasp,...
A team of researchers from the Universities of Queensland and Sydney, Australia, has performed the first comprehensive characterization of a polypeptidic...
New research, conducted by scientists from Korea and Australia, paves the way for a new treatment for atopic dermatitis, by testing the effect of bee venom...
