Stonefish are regarded as one of the most venomous fish in the world. Research on
stonefish venom has chiefly focused on the in vitro and in vivo neurological, cardiovascular …

Difficult drug targets are becoming the normal course of business in drug discovery,
sometimes due to large interacting surfaces or only small differences in selectivity regions …

Reef stonefish (Synanceia verrucosa) is one of the most venomous fishes, but its biomedical
study has been restricted to molecular cloning and purification of its toxins, instead of high …

Fish discards are dumped into the sea and sea shore during fishing and segregation by
fishing sectors. Fish of no or low economic value, or damaged and of a reduced value are …

The antitumor potential of proteins from snake venoms has been studied in recent decades,
and evidence has emerged that phospholipases A2 can selectively attack cells of various …

Stonefish sting lethality in man has been scarcely documented since the middle of the 20th
century. We report three clinical cases, including one fatality, emphasizing the …

Scorpion venoms are mixtures of proteins, peptides and small molecular compounds with
high specificity for ion channels and are therefore considered to be promising candidates in …

Background: Fish venoms have been poorly characterized and the available information
about their composition suggests they are uncomplicated secretions that, combined with …

The geographical location of the Gaza Strip (365 km2) of Palestine in the eastern
Mediterranean region makes it a first and important stop for discovering new arrivals of …

Objective The expansion of human activities in northern Colombia has increased human-
snake encounters, particularly with venomous Porthidium lansbergii lansbergii. Given the …