Science news articles about 'scorpion venom'

... Small. For more than a decade scientists have looked at using chlorotoxin, a small peptide isolated from scorpion venom, to target and treat cancer cells. Chlorotoxin binds to a surface protein ...

... BMC Genomics have carried out the first ever venom analysis in this arachnid, and discovered nine novel ... work greatly expands the current knowledge of scorpion venoms. We found ten known types and nine ...

... medication and extended hospitalization. "This study told us that the dangerous effects of bark scorpion venom can be reversed quickly with the right antivenom," Dr. Boyer says. "One hundred ...

WUHAN, China, July 9 (UPI) -- A Chinese team of scientists has identified the protein composition of venom from the Scorpiops jendeki scorpion.

A team of Chinese researchers has completed the first analysis of the venom of the Scorpiops jendeki scorpion, which lives in southwestern China.

... the 3-D shape of hydramacin-1, which revealed that it most closely resembled a superfamily of proteins found in scorpion venom; within this large group, they propose that hydramacin and the two leech ...

... tumors. To specifically target tumor cells they used chlorotoxin, a small peptide isolated from scorpion venom that many groups, including Zhang's, are exploring for its tumor-targeting abilities. On ...