Advances in the last decade combining transcriptomics with established proteomics
methods have made possible rapid identification and quantification of protein families in …

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

Venomous snakes are important parts of the ecosystem, and their behavior and evolution
have been shaped by their surrounding environments over the eons. This is reflected in their …

A deep understanding of the composition of venoms and of the principles governing the
evolution of venomous systems is of applied importance for exploring the enormous …

Snake venom has been hypothesized to have originated and diversified through a process
that involves duplication of genes encoding body proteins with subsequent recruitment of …

The direct estimate of 46,000 snakebite deaths in India in 2005 (1 for every 2 HIV/AIDS
deaths), based on verbal autopsies, renders unrealistic the total of only 47,000 snakebite …

Venom research has been continuously enhanced by technological advances. High-
throughput technologies are changing the classical paradigm of hypothesis-driven research …

The Middle East and Northern Africa, collectively known as the MENA region, are inhabited
by a plethora of venomous animals that cause up to 420,000 bites and stings each year. To …

A second generation antivenomics protocol, based on affinity chromatography, was
compared with a previously (first generation) immunodepletion protocol using as a proof of …

Bungarus multicinctus (many-banded krait) and Naja atra (Chinese cobra) are widely
distributed and medically important venomous snakes in China; however, their venom …