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Children and Snakebite: Snake Venom Effects on Adult and Paediatric Plasma

Toxins, 2023
Snakebite is a globally neglected tropical disease, with coagulation disturbances being the primary pathology of many deadly snake venoms. Age-related differences in human plasma have been abundantly reported, yet the effect that these differences pose ...
Christina N. Zdenek, Caroline F. B. Rodrigues, Lachlan A. Bourke, Anita Mitico Tanaka-Azevedo, Paul Monagle, Bryan G. Fry   +5 more
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Comparative Snake Venom Analysis for Facilitating Wildlife Forensics: A Pilot Study

Journal of Analytical Methods in Chemistry, 2022
Confirm and authentic identification of species is required for the implementation of wildlife laws in cases of illegal trafficking of snake venoms. Illegally trafficked snake venom might be misidentified with other drugs of abuse, and sometimes, the ...
Saurabh Bhargava, Kiran Kumari, Rajendra Kumar Sarin, Rajvinder Singh   +3 more
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Monitoring Snake Venom-Induced Extracellular Matrix Degradation and Identifying Proteolytically Active Venom Toxins Using Fluorescently Labeled Substrates

Biology, 2023
Snakebite envenoming is an important public health issue with devastating consequences and annual mortality rates that range between 81,000 and 138,000.
Mátyás A. Bittenbinder, Nick D. Bergkamp, Julien Slagboom, Jan Paul M. Bebelman, Nicholas R. Casewell, Marco H. Siderius, Martine J. Smit, Jeroen Kool, Freek J. Vonk   +8 more
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Application of an Extracellular Matrix-Mimicking Fluorescent Polymer for the Detection of Proteolytic Venom Toxins

Toxins, 2023
The cytotoxicity caused by snake venoms is a serious medical problem that greatly contributes to the morbidity observed in snakebite patients. The cytotoxic components found in snake venoms belong to a variety of toxin classes and may cause cytotoxic ...
Eric Wachtel, Matyas A. Bittenbinder, Bas van de Velde, Julien Slagboom, Axel de Monts de Savasse, Luis L. Alonso, Nicholas R. Casewell, Freek J. Vonk, Jeroen Kool   +8 more
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Pharmacokinetics of Snake Venom [PDF]

Toxins, 2018
Understanding snake venom pharmacokinetics is essential for developing risk assessment strategies and determining the optimal dose and timing of antivenom required to bind all venom in snakebite patients. This review aims to explore the current knowledge of snake venom pharmacokinetics in animals and humans.
Suchaya Sanhajariya, Stephen Duffull, Geoffrey Isbister   +2 more
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Before‐after‐control‐impact field experiment shows anti‐predator netting enhances occupancy of the threatened Hungarian meadow viper (Vipera ursinii rakosiensis)

Wildlife Biology, EarlyView., 2023
The Hungarian meadow viper is an endangered grassland‐dwelling species, which faces high predation pressure, partially due to avian species that forage in its habitat. Predation pressure by avian predators is caused not only by abundant game species (e.g. hooded crow, Corvus cornix) but also by protected and threatened species (e.g.
Edvárd Mizsei, Mátyás Budai, Bálint Wenner, Gergő Rák, Dávid Radovics, Barnabás Bancsik, Gergő Kovács, Ádám Tisza, János Simics, Márton Szabolcs, Csaba Vadász, Attila Móré   +11 more
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The structure of His‐tagged Geobacillus stearothermophilus purine nucleoside phosphorylase reveals a `spanner in the works'

Acta Crystallographica Section F, Volume 78, Issue 12, Page 416-422, December 2022., 2022
The structure of Geobacillus stearothermophilus purine nucleoside phosphorylase, an enzyme of biocatalytic interest, is reported and was found to include the presence of an N‐terminal tag in the active site of each subunit that belongs to the other subunit in each dimer.
Fiona M. Given, Fuchsia Moran, Ashleigh S. Johns, James A. Titterington, Timothy M. Allison, Deborah L. Crittenden, Jodie M. Johnston   +6 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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Plant community trajectories following livestock exclusion for conservation vary and hinge on initial invasion and soil‐biocrust conditions in shrub steppe

Conservation Science and Practice, Volume 4, Issue 12, December 2022., 2022
Following the withdrawal of livestock grazing, cheatgrass increased appreciably to surpass critical invasion thresholds. However, much can be learned from patchiness in the invasion, most notably that soil‐surface biocrusts and perennial grasses provide resistance to invasion.
Matthew J. Germino, Chad R. Kluender, Christopher R. Anthony   +2 more
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Perceptions and uses of pangolins (Pholidota) among remote rural communities in the Republic of the Congo: A baseline study from the Odzala‐Kokoua National Park

Conservation Science and Practice, Volume 4, Issue 12, December 2022., 2022
Our research focused on collecting baseline information that revealed the knowledge about species ecology and perceived market value and uses of pangolins by local communities. We identified significant differences in this data corresponding to the respondents' sociodemographic and cultural status across the surveyed villages around the Odzala‐Kokoua ...
Markéta Swiacká, Daniel J. Ingram, Torsten Bohm, Francisco Ceacero   +3 more
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