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Periumbilical Pain with Radiation to Both Legs Following Tarantula Bite; a Case Report

Emergency, 2015
Tarantulas have recently become as pets in most parts of the world that increased the probability of encountering emergency physicians with patients hurt with these spiders. Their attacks usually do not cause general manifestation, however there are some
Mahboob Pouraghaei, Samad Shams Vahdati, Ibrahim Mashhadi, Taranoom Mahmoudieh   +3 more
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Snake Venoms in Drug Discovery: Valuable Therapeutic Tools for Life Saving

, 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, James D. Stockand, Antonio Garcia Soares   +2 more
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Enlightening the toxinological dark matter of spider venom enzymes

npj Biodiversity
Spiders produce highly adapted venoms featuring a complex mixture of biomolecules used mainly for hunting and defense. The most prominent components are peptidic neurotoxins, a major focus of research and drug development, whereas venom enzymes have been
Josephine Dresler, Volker Herzig, Andreas Vilcinskas, Tim Lüddecke   +3 more
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Pharmacological and biochemical characterisation of Australian mygalomorph spider venoms

Pharmacological and biochemical characterisation of Australian mygalomorph spider venoms. This project will increase our limited knowledge of Australian mygalomorph venoms by isolation, identification and characterisation of novel toxins in theraphosid ...

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Sphingomyelinases D From Loxosceles Spider Venoms and Cell Membranes: Action on Lipid Rafts and Activation of Endogenous Metalloproteinases. [PDF]

Front Pharmacol, 2020
Lopes PH, van den Berg CW, Tambourgi DV.
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Differential effects of marimastat and prinomastat on the metalloprotease activity of various snake venoms

Snakebite envenoming is a neglected tropical disease, responsible for approximately 140,000 deaths globally each year. Vipers and elapid snakes represent the most significant snake families in medical contexts, exhibiting a variety of venom components ...
Ramírez, David, José R. Almeida, Patel, Ketan, Mahtab Khatibi, Almeida, José R, Paulina Valenzuela-Hormazábal, Gilabadi, Soheil, Valenzuela-Hormazábal, Paulina Victoria, Vaiyapuri, Sakthivel, David Ramírez, Soheil Gilabadi, Sakthivel Vaiyapuri, Ketan Patel, Khatibi, Mahtab   +13 more
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Oral History Interview with Spider Webb

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Spider Webb. Webb joined the USS Enterprise (CV-6) in November 1943 as a pilot with Fighter Squadron 2 (VF-2).
Webb, Spider
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Social and environmental influences on the welfare of zoo-housed spider monkeys (Ateles geoffroyi rufiventris) [PDF]

, 2009
The aim of this thesis was to provide a better understanding of the needs of spider monkeys (genus: Ateles) kept in zoological parks in order to provide an appropriate environment, which enhances the physical and emotional wellbeing of the individuals ...
Davis, Nicolas
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Investigating Antibacterial Effects of Latrodectus Dahli Crude Venom on Escherichia coli, Staphylococcus aureus and Bacillus subtilis

Medical Laboratory Journal, 2019
Background and Objectives: Nowadays, infections with antibiotic-resistant bacteria are among the most important causes of mortality worldwide. This has attracted the attention of researchers to seek suitable alternatives for antibiotics.
Mohsen Mousavi, Behrooz Johari, Jamil Zargan, Ashkan Haji Noor Mohammadi, Hamid Reza Goudarzi, Saeed Dezianian, Hani Keshavarz Alikhani   +6 more
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Peptidomic and transcriptomic profiling of four distinct spider venoms. [PDF]

PLoS One, 2017
Oldrati V, Koua D, Allard PM, Hulo N, Arrell M, Nentwig W, Lisacek F, Wolfender JL, Kuhn-Nentwig L, Stöcklin R.   +9 more
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