Scorpion venom may cause severe medical complications and untimely death if injected into
the human body. Neurotoxins are the main components of scorpion venom that are known to …

Animal venom is an important evolutionary innovation in nature. As one of the most
representative animal venoms, scorpion venom contains an extremely diverse set of …

Introduction: A few scorpions are dangerous to humans. Their medical relevance was the
initial driving force for venom research. By classical biochemistry and molecular cloning …

The episodic nature of natural selection and the accumulation of extreme sequence
divergence in venom-encoding genes over long periods of evolutionary time can obscure …

Australian scorpion venoms have been poorly studied, probably because they do not pose
an evident threat to humans. In addition, the continent has other medically important …

Scorpions belonging to the Buthidae family have traditionally drawn much of the
biochemist's attention due to the strong toxicity of their venoms. Scorpions not toxic to …

Scorpionism (scorpion sting) is a major public health issue in many regions of the world.
Globally, 1.2 million scorpion stings happen annually, specifically in the tropical regions …

This communication reports a further examination of venom gland transcripts and venom
composition of the Mexican scorpion Thorellius atrox using RNA-seq and tandem mass …

Hemiscorpius lepturus scorpion is one of the most venomous members of the
Hemiscorpiidae family. H. lepturus is distributed in Iran, Iraq and Yemen. The prevalence …

To understand the diversity of scorpion venom, RNA from venomous glands from a
sawfinger scorpion, Serradigitus gertschi, of the family Vaejovidae, was extracted and used …