Cobra venoms are enriched with toxins of low molecular mass, known as three-finger toxins (Panel A). Some of these are neurotoxins, which bind with high affinity to the nicotinic cholinergic receptors ...
Scientists in the United States have created a new snake antivenom using the blood of a man who deliberately built up immunity to snakebites by injecting himself with many different kinds of venom ...
Venom is one of nature’s most effective (and fascinating) survival tools. Across the world, a wide range of animals have ...