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Coagulotoxic Cobras: Clinical Implications of Strong Anticoagulant Actions of African Spitting Naja Venoms That Are Not Neutralised by Antivenom but Are by LY315920 (Varespladib)

Toxins, 2018
Snakebite is a global tropical disease that has long had huge implications for human health and well-being. Despite its long-standing medical importance, it has been the most neglected of tropical diseases.
Mátyás A. Bittenbinder, Christina N. Zdenek, Bianca op den Brouw, Nicholas J. Youngman, James S. Dobson, Arno Naude, Freek J. Vonk, Bryan G. Fry   +7 more
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Isolation and Pharmacological Characterization of α-Elapitoxin-Oh3a, a Long-Chain Post-Synaptic Neurotoxin From King Cobra (Ophiophagus hannah) Venom

Frontiers in Pharmacology, 2022
The King Cobra (Ophiophagus hannah) is the world’s largest venomous snake and has a widespread geographical distribution throughout Southeast Asia. Despite proteomic studies indicating the presence of postsynaptic neurotoxins in O.
Tam M. Huynh, Anjana Silva, Anjana Silva, Geoffrey K. Isbister, Geoffrey K. Isbister, Wayne C. Hodgson   +5 more
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Cross-Neutralisation of In Vitro Neurotoxicity of Asian and Australian Snake Neurotoxins and Venoms by Different Antivenoms

Toxins, 2016
There is limited information on the cross-neutralisation of neurotoxic venoms with antivenoms. Cross-neutralisation of the in vitro neurotoxicity of four Asian and four Australian snake venoms, four post-synaptic neurotoxins (α-bungarotoxin, α-elapitoxin-
Anjana Silva, Wayne C. Hodgson, Geoffrey K. Isbister   +2 more
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Isolation and Characterization of Two Postsynaptic Neurotoxins From Indian Cobra (Naja Naja) Venom

Frontiers in Pharmacology, 2022
The Indian Cobra (Naja naja) is among the “Big Four” responsible for most of the snakebite envenoming cases in India. Although recent proteomic studies suggest the presence of postsynaptic neurotoxins in N.
Tam M. Huynh, Anjana Silva, Anjana Silva, Geoffrey K. Isbister, Geoffrey K. Isbister, Wayne C. Hodgson   +5 more
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Webslinger vs. Dark Knight: First record of a false widow spider Steatoda nobilis preying on a pipistrelle bat in Britain

Ecosphere, 2022
The noble false widow spider Steatoda nobilis continues to expand its range globally with possible implications for public health and native species. Of the European Union list of 66 species of invasive plants and animals, none are spiders. S. nobilis is
John P. Dunbar, Aiste Vitkauskaite, Colin Lawton, Ben Waddams, Michel M. Dugon   +4 more
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Sanitizing the fortress: protection of ant brood and nest material by worker antibiotics [PDF]

, 2013
Social groups are at particular risk for parasite infection, which is heightened in eusocial insects by the low genetic diversity of individuals within a colony. To combat this, adult ants have evolved a suite of defenses to protect each other, including
Graystock, P, Hughes, W O H, Lopes, J F S, Shaw, C, Tranter, C   +4 more
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Fatal anaphylactic sting reaction in a patient with mastocytosis [PDF]

, 2008
We report on a 33-year-old female patient with indolent systemic mastocytosis and urticaria pigmentosa who died of an anaphylactic reaction after a yellow jacket sting.
B. Przybilla, D. Fritze, Dubois AE, F. Ruëff, Fricker M, Ludolph-Hauser D, M. Hagedorn, N. Wagner, Reimers A, Rueff F   +9 more
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First record of the Condanarous sand snake (Psammophis condanarus)(Reptilia: Squamata: Lamprophiidae) from Bangladesh

Journal of Asia-Pacific Biodiversity, 2020
The occupancy of the Condanarous sand snake Psammophis condanarus in peninsular India and its distribution in West Bengal, adjacent to Bangladesh, indicate its possible existence in the country but confirmation was wanting till date.
Ibrahim K.A. Haidar, Borhan B. Romon, Mohammad A.W. Chowdhury   +2 more
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Spider venom administration impairs glioblastoma growth and modulates immune response in a non-clinical model. [PDF]

, 2020
Molecules from animal venoms are promising candidates for the development of new drugs. Previous in vitro studies have shown that the venom of the spider Phoneutria nigriventer (PnV) is a potential source of antineoplastic components with activity in ...
Barreto, Natália, Bonfanti, Amanda Pires, Brunetto, Sérgio, Caballero, Marcus, Cordeiro, Gabriel, Moura, Fernanda, Munhoz, Jaqueline, Ramos, Celso Dario, Rapôso, Catarina, Rocha-E-Silva, Thomaz, Sutti, Rafael, Thome, Rodolfo, Verinaud, Liana   +12 more
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Venom Down Under: Dynamic Evolution of Australian Elapid Snake Toxins

Toxins, 2013
Despite the unparalleled diversity of venomous snakes in Australia, research has concentrated on a handful of medically significant species and even of these very few toxins have been fully sequenced.
Timothy N. W. Jackson, Kartik Sunagar, Eivind A. B. Undheim, Ivan Koludarov, Angelo H. C. Chan, Kate Sanders, Syed A. Ali, Iwan Hendrikx, Nathan Dunstan, Bryan G. Fry   +9 more
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