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Scorpion venom peptides: Molecular diversity, structural characteristics, and therapeutic use from channelopathies to viral infections and cancers

Pharmacological Research, 2023
Animal venom is an important evolutionary innovation in nature. As one of the most representative animal venoms, scorpion venom contains an extremely diverse set of bioactive peptides.
Zhiqiang Xia, Dangui He, Yingliang Wu, Hang Fai Kwok, Zhijian Cao   +4 more
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Scorpion-Shaped Zinc Porphyrins as Tetrafunctional TAR RNA Predators and HIV‑1 Reverse Transcriptase Inhibitors

, 2022
HIV-1 reverse transcriptase (RT) inhibitors are fundamental to the discovery and development of anti-HIV drugs. Their main target is RT, and only a tiny number of them can bind to viral RNA.
Man-Qi Hu (13013825), Hongbin Zhang (258308), Feng Gao (3548), Yan Li (23143), Rong Yang (107028), Xu-Dan Bi (9399762), Meng Liu (261774), Li-Min Zhao (10748487)   +7 more
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Scorpion image segmentation system [PDF]

, 2013
Death as a result of scorpion sting has been a major public health problem in developing countries. Despite the high rate of death as a result of scorpion sting, little report exists in literature of intelligent device and system for automatic ...
Sadiq, B. A., Salau, Bello H., Joseph, E., Salami, Momoh-Jimoh E., Aibinu, A. M.   +4 more
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Toxicological and epidemiological studies of scorpion sting cases and morphological characterization of scorpions (Leiurusquin questriatus and Androctonus crassicauda) in Luxor, Egypt

Toxicology Reports, 2019
Background and aim: Scorpion envenomation is a common acute life threatening health problem in developing countries as Egypt. Scorpion venom is a complex structure composed of neurotoxic proteins, salts, acidic proteins, and organic compounds, thereby ...
Fatma El-Zahraa A. Abd El-Aziz, Doaa M. El Shehaby, Shimaa A. Elghazally, Helal F. Hetta   +3 more
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ROS 2 Bag acquired from AgRob Modular-e during the V SCORPION Integration (Quinta do Seixo, Portugal)

, 2023
<p>ROS 2 Bag acquired with the AgRob Modular-e robot during the V SCORPION Integration in Quinta do Seixo (Valença do Douro, Portugal), on October 26, 2023.<br><br>Dataset description:<br>rosbag2_2023_10_26-16_22_30 - Robot ...
Silva Aguiar, André, Sanches Moura, Mateus, Santos, Luís, Sanchez, Daniel, Baltazar, André, Pérez Avila, Miguel, Neves dos Santos, Filipe, Ruiz Vilda, Xavier   +7 more
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Management of scorpion bite through Ayurveda: A case report

Journal of Ayurveda Case Reports, 2023
Agadatantra, the branch of toxicology in Ayurveda, refers to various methods of eliminating toxins from the body that arises from animate, inanimate, and artificial poisons. Scorpion stings are a serious health concern in rural areas. In Agadatantra, the
M. K. Deepthi, A. S. Deepak
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Evidence of Direct Toxicological Effects of Scorpion Venom on Central Nervous System in Tunisian Children

Case Reports in Critical Care, 2018
Background. Severe scorpion envenomation can lead to severe neurological manifestations, which are an indicator of the severity of the scorpion sting. The direct action of scorpion venom on the central nervous system can explain partly these neurological
Mabrouk Bahloul, Basma Souissi, Olfa Turki, Mariem Dlela, Khaireddine Ben Mahfoudh, Mounir Bouaziz   +5 more
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Chaperone-mediated native folding of a β-scorpion toxin in the periplasm of E.coli

, 2014
Background: Animal neurotoxin peptides are valuable probes for investigating ion channel structure/function relationships and represent lead compounds for novel therapeutics and insecticides.
Cole, Ambrose R., Lampert, A., Wallace, Bonnie A., O'Reilly, A.O., O’Reilly, A.O., Wallace, B.A., Cole, A.R., Lopes, J.L.S.   +7 more
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Suicide of Scorpion [PDF]

Nature, 1879
THE self-destruction of the scorpion when hard-pressed is unquestionable. I have on several occasions invited sceptics to witness the tragedy (1) in this part of Europe.
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Hard‐Magnetic Soft Millirobots in Underactuated Systems

Advanced Robotics Research, EarlyView.
This review provides a comprehensive overview of hard‐magnetic soft millirobots in underactuated systems. It examines key advances in structural design, physics‐informed modeling, and control strategies, while highlighting the interplay among these domains.
Qiong Wang, Zixuan Zhang, Bingyan Li, Junkai Wang, Hongcheng Gu   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source