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Spider venom administration impairs glioblastoma growth and modulates immune response in a non-clinical model. [PDF]

open access: yes, 2020
Molecules from animal venoms are promising candidates for the development of new drugs. Previous in vitro studies have shown that the venom of the spider Phoneutria nigriventer (PnV) is a potential source of antineoplastic components with activity in ...
Barreto, Natália   +12 more
core   +1 more source

Venom Down Under: Dynamic Evolution of Australian Elapid Snake Toxins

open access: yesToxins, 2013
Despite the unparalleled diversity of venomous snakes in Australia, research has concentrated on a handful of medically significant species and even of these very few toxins have been fully sequenced.
Timothy N. W. Jackson   +9 more
doaj   +1 more source

A Web of Coagulotoxicity: Failure of Antivenom to Neutralize the Destructive (Non-Clotting) Fibrinogenolytic Activity of Loxosceles and Sicarius Spider Venoms

open access: yesToxins, 2020
Envenomations are complex medical emergencies that can have a range of symptoms and sequelae. The only specific, scientifically-validated treatment for envenomation is antivenom administration, which is designed to alleviate venom effects.
Dwin Grashof   +7 more
doaj   +1 more source

Extensive Variation in the Activities of Pseudocerastes and Eristicophis Viper Venoms Suggests Divergent Envenoming Strategies Are Used for Prey Capture

open access: yesToxins, 2021
Snakes of the genera Pseudocerastes and Eristicophis (Viperidae: Viperinae) are known as the desert vipers due to their association with the arid environments of the Middle East.
Bianca op den Brouw   +14 more
doaj   +1 more source

Fatal anaphylactic sting reaction in a patient with mastocytosis [PDF]

open access: yes, 2008
We report on a 33-year-old female patient with indolent systemic mastocytosis and urticaria pigmentosa who died of an anaphylactic reaction after a yellow jacket sting.
B. Przybilla   +9 more
core   +1 more source

Venomous Snakebites

open access: yesMedicina, 2011
More than 5 million people are bitten by venomous snakes annually and more than 100 000 of them die. In Europe, one person dies due to envenomation every 3 years. There is only one venomous snake species in Lithuania – the common adder (Vipera berus) – which belongs to the Viperidae family; however, there are some exotic poisonous snakes in the zoos ...
Dalia, Adukauskienė   +2 more
openaire   +2 more sources

Cell-specific targeting by engineered M13 bacteriophage expressing VEGFR2 nanobody [PDF]

open access: yesIranian Journal of Basic Medical Sciences, 2018
Objective(s): Filamentous bacteriophage M13 was genetically engineered to specifically target mammalian cells for gene delivery purpose. Materials and Methods: A vascular endothelial growth factor receptor 2 (VEGFR2)-specific nanobody was genetically ...
Farideh Ranjibar   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

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