Each year, snake bites kill upwards of 100,000 people and permanently disable hundreds of thousands more, according to estimates from the World Health Organization. Promising new science, enabled by ...

It has been a few years since AI began successfully tackling the challenge of predicting the three-dimensional structure of ...

In their testing, the researchers determined that the toxin can put down a mouse inside of 30 seconds. But as deadly as the creature’s venom is, the study has produced some good news for would ...

HHMI researchers discover that protein related to snake venom toxin modulates receptors that are targeted by nicotine. Scientists have found that a protein resembling snake venom neurotoxin modulates ...

The current way to produce antivenoms is antiquated. Experiments in mice suggest that an artificial intelligence approach could save time and money.

The particles are coated with the bee venom toxin melittin, which strips HIV of its outer envelope on contact. Melittin is normally also toxic to human cells, but the particles are designed with ...

The designed proteins currently do not protect against the complete venom, which is a complex mixture of different toxins for each snake species. The study's implications extend beyond snakebite ...