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The rediscovery of Rurk’s Cat Skink Ristella rurkii Gray, 1839 (Reptilia: Ristellidae) with remarks on distribution and natural history

Journal of Threatened Taxa, 2018
The description of Rurk’s Cat Skink Ristella rurkii is expanded herein based on recent field sightings and a voucher specimen.  Three individuals comprising an adult male, an adult female, and a juvenile were encountered in Kodaikanal, Palni Hills of the
Sumaithangi Rajagopalan Ganesh
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Ecological Niche Modelling of King Cobra, Ophiophagus hannah (Cantor, 1836) in Nepal

Indonesian Journal of Social and Environmental Issues, 2021
The fragile ecosystem of greater Himalaya is home to diverse flora and fauna which are vulnerable to climate change impact. This study aimed to determine the suitable habitat of King Cobra Ophiophagus hannah (Cantor, 1836) in the current scenario and ...
Sunil Sapkota, Dhan Bdr. Gurung, Arjun Nepal, Karan Bdr. Shah   +3 more
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Snake Venoms in Drug Discovery: Valuable Therapeutic Tools for Life Saving

Toxins, 2019
Animal venoms are used as defense mechanisms or to immobilize and digest prey. In fact, venoms are complex mixtures of enzymatic and non-enzymatic components with specific pathophysiological functions.
Tarek Mohamed Abd El-Aziz, Antonio G. Soares, J. Stockand   +2 more
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Multifunctional Toxins in Snake Venoms and Therapeutic Implications: From Pain to Hemorrhage and Necrosis

Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 2019
Animal venoms have evolved over millions of years for prey capture and defense from predators and rivals. Snake venoms, in particular, have evolved a wide diversity of peptides and proteins that induce harmful inflammatory and neurotoxic effects ...
C. R. Ferraz, Arif Arrahman, Chunfang Xie, N. Casewell, R. Lewis, J. Kool, F. C. Cardoso   +6 more
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Deep-STP: a deep learning-based approach to predict snake toxin proteins by using word embeddings

Frontiers in Medicine
Snake venom contains many toxic proteins that can destroy the circulatory system or nervous system of prey. Studies have found that these snake venom proteins have the potential to treat cardiovascular and nervous system diseases. Therefore, the study of
Hasan Zulfiqar, Zhiling Guo, Ramala Masood Ahmad, Zahoor Ahmed, Peiling Cai, Xiang Chen, Yang Zhang, Hao Lin, Zheng Shi   +8 more
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Improving long-term postoperative survival in a porcine cardiac valve surgery model utilizing cardiopulmonary bypass via left thoracotomy: a single-center experience sharing insights

Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine
ObjectiveThe objective of this study was to improve long-term postoperative survival in a porcine cardiac valve surgery model by utilizing cardiopulmonary bypass (CPB) via left thoracotomy.
Qingping Xia, Yong Cao, Jialuan Li, Jie Jiang, Xuan Lu, Li Deng   +5 more
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Collaborations with Tribal Elders for Sustainability Education

International Dialogues on Education: Past and Present, 2015
Environmental sustainability studies are enhanced through local and regional partnerships between academicians and curriculum developers with members of area First Nation communities who have lived sustainably since time immemorial. Recent collaborative
Richard D. Scheuerman, Kristine Gritter, Carrie Jim Schuster   +2 more
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Partial Amniote Sex Chromosomal Linkage Homologies Shared on Snake W Sex Chromosomes Support the Ancestral Super-Sex Chromosome Evolution in Amniotes

Frontiers in Genetics, 2020
Squamate reptile chromosome 2 (SR2) is thought to be an important remnant of an ancestral amniote super-sex chromosome, but a recent study showed that the Siamese cobra W sex chromosome is also a part of this larger ancestral chromosome.
Worapong Singchat, Worapong Singchat, Syed Farhan Ahmad, Syed Farhan Ahmad, Siwapech Sillapaprayoon, Siwapech Sillapaprayoon, Narongrit Muangmai, Prateep Duengkae, Surin Peyachoknagul, Rebecca E. O’Connor, Darren K. Griffin, Kornsorn Srikulnath, Kornsorn Srikulnath, Kornsorn Srikulnath, Kornsorn Srikulnath, Kornsorn Srikulnath, Kornsorn Srikulnath   +16 more
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Polyvalent Snake Antivenoms: Production Strategy and Their Therapeutic Benefits

Toxins, 2023
Snake envenomation remains an important yet neglected medical problem in many countries, with around five million people affected, and over a hundred thousand deaths annually. Plasma-derived antivenoms are the main therapeutic agent available. Monovalent
Kavi Ratanabanangkoon
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Haemotoxic snake venoms: their functional activity, impact on snakebite victims and pharmaceutical promise

British Journal of Haematology, 2017
Snake venoms are mixtures of numerous proteinacious components that exert diverse functional activities on a variety of physiological targets. Because the toxic constituents found in venom vary from species to species, snakebite victims can present with ...
Julien Slagboom, J. Kool, R. Harrison, N. Casewell   +3 more
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