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Pharmaceutics, 2023 From the venom of the Bothrops pictus snake, an endemic species from Peru, we recently have described toxins that inhibited platelet aggregation and cancer cell migration.
Dan E. Vivas-Ruiz +21 more
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Image of the Snake-Dragon in the Architectural Decoration of the Christian Churches of the Medieval Period [PDF]
Anastasis: Research in Medieval Culture and Art, 2023 The article focuses on the evolution of the image of the snake in the architectural decoration of the Christian churches in Caucasus during the medieval period.
Ekaterina Endoltseva, Nelly Tabueva
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An Emergent Role for Mitochondrial Bioenergetics in the Action of Snake Venom Toxins on Cancer Cells
Frontiers in Oncology, 2022 Beyond the role of mitochondria in apoptosis initiation/execution, some mitochondrial adaptations support the metastasis and chemoresistance of cancer cells. This highlights mitochondria as a promising target for new anticancer strategies.
Félix A. Urra +9 more
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Causes and Consequences of Snake Venom Variation
TIPS - Trends in Pharmacological Sciences, 2020 Snake venoms are mixtures of toxins that vary extensively between and within snake species. This variability has serious consequences for the management of the world’s 1.8 million annual snakebite victims.
N. Casewell +3 more
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Robotic modelling of snake traversing large, smooth obstacles reveals stability benefits of body compliance [PDF]
Royal Society Open Science, 2020 Snakes can move through almost any terrain. Although their locomotion on flat surfaces using planar gaits is inherently stable, when snakes deform their body out of plane to traverse complex terrain, maintaining stability becomes a challenge.
Qiyuan Fu, Chen Li
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Tropical snake diversity collapses after widespread amphibian loss
Science, 2020 Cascading impacts of prey loss The global pandemic caused by the amphibian fungal pathogen Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis has decimated frog populations around the world.
Elise F. Zipkin +4 more
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The Effect of Venom of Egyptian Spitting Cobra Naja nubiae on Vascular Permeability of Hepatic and Renal Tissues [PDF]
Avicenna Journal of Medical Biochemistry, 2021 Background: Among venomous elapid snakes, cobras have the highest public awareness, as their venom represents a combination of proteins, peptides, and enzymes that have a range of biochemical and pharmacological roles and are also the main constitutes of
Asmaa Saad Mahmoud Shokhba +3 more
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Observations on inshore and pelagic Dolphins on the South-Eastern Cape coast of South Africa
Koedoe: African Protected Area Conservation and Science, 1972 The occurrence, size and seaward distribution of schools of inshore and pelagic dolphins is described for three study areas on the south-eastern Cape coast (Algoa Bay; the Tsitsikama Coastal National Park and Plettenberg Bay).
G. S Saayman, D Bower, C. K Tayler
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Snake Venom Metalloproteinases (SVMPs): A structure-function update
Toxicon: X, 2020 Snake venom metalloproteinases (SVMPs) represent a diverse group of multi-domain proteins with several biological activities such as the ability to induce hemorrhage, proteolytic degradation of fibrinogen and fibrin, induction of apoptosis and inhibition
O. Olaoba +3 more
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Applied Sciences, 2016 Ultrafast laser physics continues to advance at a rapid pace, driven primarily by the development of more powerful and sophisticated diode-pumping sources, the development of new laser materials, and new laser and amplification approaches such as optical
David C. Brown +6 more
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