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In Vitro Efficacy of Antivenom and Varespladib in Neutralising Chinese Russell’s Viper (Daboia siamensis) Venom Toxicity

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, Qing Liang, Geoffrey K. Isbister, Wayne C. Hodgson   +3 more
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The Target Selects the Toxin: Specific Amino Acids in Snake-Prey Nicotinic Acetylcholine Receptors That Are Selectively Bound by King Cobra Venoms

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, Richard J. Harris, Bryan G. Fry   +2 more
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Rapid Radiations and the Race to Redundancy: An Investigation of the Evolution of Australian Elapid Snake Venoms

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, Ivan Koludarov, Syed A. Ali, James Dobson, Christina N. Zdenek, Daniel Dashevsky, Bianca op den Brouw, Paul P. Masci, Amanda Nouwens, Peter Josh, Jonathan Goldenberg, Vittoria Cipriani, Chris Hay, Iwan Hendrikx, Nathan Dunstan, Luke Allen, Bryan G. Fry   +16 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, Md. Rafiqul Islam, Abdul Auawal, Najmul Hasan, Harij Uddin, Ibrahim Khalil Al Haidar   +5 more
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Comparative Studies of the Venom of a New Taipan Species, Oxyuranus temporalis, with Other Members of Its Genus

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, Frank Madaras, Richard K. Turnbull, Terry Morley, Nathan Dunstan, Luke Allen, Tim Kuchel, Peter Mirtschin, Wayne C. Hodgson   +8 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, Feriedon Mahbudi, Fatemeh Rahimi Jamnani, Somayeh Piri-Gavgani, Fatemeh Kazemi-Lomedasht, Aida Hassanzadeh-Eskafi, Delavar Shahbazzadeh, Ahmad Adeli, Yeganeh Talebkhan, Mahdi Behdani   +9 more
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Monkeying around with venom: an increased resistance to α-neurotoxins supports an evolutionary arms race between Afro-Asian primates and sympatric cobras

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, K. Anne-Isola Nekaris, Bryan G. Fry   +2 more
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ANTIVIRAL EFFECT OF THE EGYPTIAN BEE VENOM (BV) AND ITS FRACTION (PLA2) ON INFLUENZA VIRUS: IN-VITRO STUDY [PDF]

Journal of the Egyptian Society of Parasitology, 2020
Influenza is a viral infection that attacks the respiratory system. For most people, the fludisappears on its own but sometimes the flu and its complications can be deadly. This studyestablished a new trend to treat Influenza virus by using bee venom and
AYMAN T. A. MORSY, WALAA H. SALAMA, NORHAN M. ELASMY, ABIR A. ELFIKY   +3 more
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A symmetry or asymmetry: Functional and compositional comparison of venom from the left and right glands of the Indochinese spitting cobra (Naja siamensis)

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, Christina N. Zdenek, Amanda Nouwens, Charlotte Sweeney, Nathan Dunstan, Bryan G. Fry   +5 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, Kamran Pooshang-Bagheri, Mahdi Habibi-Anbouhi, Ensiyeh Hajizadeh-Safar, Delavar Shahbazzadeh, Hasan Mirzahosseini, Mahdi Behdani   +6 more
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