The fascination and fear of snakes dates back to time immemorial, with the first scientific
treatise on snakebite envenoming, the Brooklyn Medical Papyrus, dating from ancient Egypt …

Fine-tuned by millions of years of evolution, snake venoms have frightened but also
fascinated humanity and nowadays they constitute potential resources for drug …

The mere glimpse of venomous animals has always terrified humans because of the
devastating effects of their venoms. However, researchers across the globe have isolated …

Cell-penetrating peptides (CPPs) comprise a class of short polypeptides that possess the
ability to selectively interact with the cytoplasmic membrane of certain cell types, translocate …

The World Health Organization has declared snakebite as a neglected tropical disease.
Antivenom administration is the sole therapy against venomous snakebite; however, several …

The many-banded krait, Bungarus multicinctus, has been recorded as the animal resource
of JinQianBaiHuaShe in the Chinese Pharmacopoeia. Characterization of its venoms …

Venomous animals utilize venom glands to secrete and store powerful toxins for intraspecific
and/or interspecific antagonistic interactions, implying that tissue-specific resistance is …

The secretive behavior and life history of snakes makes studying their biology, distribution,
and the epidemiology of venomous snakebite challenging. One of the most useful, most …

Snake venom is a cocktail of multifunctional biomolecules that has evolved with the purpose
of capturing prey and for defense. These biomolecules are classified into different classes …

Highlights•Limitations of current cancer therapy prompt exploration of novel drugs from
natural sources.•Purified Indian snake venom toxins have tremendous anticarcinogenic …