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Toxins, 2023 The venom of the Russell’s viper (Daboia siamensis) contains neurotoxic and myotoxic phospholipase A2 toxins which can cause irreversible damage to motor nerve terminals.
Mimi Lay +3 more
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Toxins, 2022 Snake venom is an adaptive ecological trait that has evolved primarily as a form of prey subjugation. Thus, the selection pressure for toxin diversification is exerted by the prey’s physiological targets, with this pressure being particularly acute for ...
Uthpala Chandrasekara +2 more
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On the occurrence of Persian Gulf Sea Snake, Hydrophis lapemoides (Gray, 1849) (Reptilia, Squamata, Elapidae, Hydrophiinae), along the coast of Bangladesh [PDF]
Check List, 2021 We provide the first evidence of the presence of the Persian Gulf Sea Snake, Hydrophis lapemoides (Gray, 1849), along the coast of Bangladesh. This species was assumed to exist in there, but neither specimens nor confirmed observations exist until now ...
Mohammad Abdul Wahed Chowdhury +5 more
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Toxins, 2016 Australia is the stronghold of the front-fanged venomous snake family Elapidae. The Australasian elapid snake radiation, which includes approximately 100 terrestrial species in Australia, as well as Melanesian species and all the world's true sea snakes,
Timothy N. W. Jackson +16 more
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Development and characterization of single domain monoclonal antibody against programmed cell death ligand-1; as a cancer inhibitor candidate [PDF]
Iranian Journal of Basic Medical Sciences, 2022 Objective(s): One of the important interactions in controlling the human immune system is the reaction between checkpoint proteins such as programmed cell death-1 (PD-1) and its ligand, PD-L1.
Akbar Oghalaei +9 more
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Toxins, 2014 Taipans are highly venomous Australo-Papuan elapids. A new species of taipan, the Western Desert Taipan (Oxyuranus temporalis), has been discovered with two specimens housed in captivity at the Adelaide Zoo.
Carmel M. Barber +8 more
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BMC Biology, 2021 Background Snakes and primates have a multi-layered coevolutionary history as predators, prey, and competitors with each other. Previous work has explored the Snake Detection Theory (SDT), which focuses on the role of snakes as predators of primates and ...
Richard J. Harris +2 more
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In vivo immunotherapy of lung cancer using cross-species reactive vascular endothelial growth factor nanobodies [PDF]
Iranian Journal of Basic Medical Sciences, 2017 Objective(s): Lung cancer is the main leading cause of cancer death worldwide. Angiogenesis is the main step in proliferation and spreading of tumor cells.
vFatemeh Kazemi-Lomedasht v +6 more
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Medicina, 2011 More than 5 million people are bitten by venomous snakes annually and more than 100 000 of them die. In Europe, one person dies due to envenomation every 3 years. There is only one venomous snake species in Lithuania – the common adder (Vipera berus) – which belongs to the Viperidae family; however, there are some exotic poisonous snakes in the zoos ...
Dalia, Adukauskienė +2 more
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Toxicon: X, 2020 Contralaterally positioned maxillary (upper jaw) venom glands in snakes are mechanically independent, being able to discharge venom from either gland separately.
Richard J. Harris +5 more
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