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

Animal venoms have evolved over millions of years for prey capture and defense from
predators and rivals. Snake venoms, in particular, have evolved a wide diversity of peptides …

Venoms are integrated phenotypes that evolved independently in, and are used for
predatory and defensive purposes by, a wide phylogenetic range of organisms. The same …

Snakebite envenoming is predominantly an occupational disease of the rural tropics,
causing death or permanent disability to hundreds of thousands of victims annually. The …

Snakebite envenoming (SBE) is a priority neglected tropical disease, which kills in excess of
100,000 people per year. Additionally, many millions of survivors also suffer through …

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 …

Background Understanding the processes that drive the evolution of snake venom is a topic
of great research interest in molecular and evolutionary toxinology. Recent studies suggest …

Bothrops jararaca is a slender and semi-arboreal medically relevant pit viper species
endemic to tropical and subtropical forests in southern Brazil, Paraguay, and northern …

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 …

Jellyfish Stomolophus meleagris is a very dangerous animal because of its strong toxicity.
However, the composition of the venom is still unclear. Both proteomics and transcriptomics …