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Snake Venom and Antivenom Pharmacology

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  SNAKE VENOM & ANTIVENOM Chemistry, Composition, Mechanisms and Pharmacology Abstract This integrated teaching session for Phase III MBBS students focused on the pharmacology and toxicology of snake venom and the principles of antivenom therapy. The lecture covered the chemistry, composition, mechanisms of action, and pharmacological effects of snake venoms and antivenoms. Rational use of antivenoms, indications, administration protocols, adverse reactions, and supportive management strategies were discussed. The session also highlighted the translational importance of venom-derived compounds in modern drug development. Recent advances in antivenom research, including recombinant human monoclonal antibodies, toxin-specific inhibitors, synthetic antibody technologies, and next-generation broad-spectrum antivenoms, were reviewed. Current discoveries and emerging approaches aimed at improving efficacy, safety, affordability, and accessibility of antivenom therapy were also explor...

Chemical Secretion Use Varies Among Species but Lacks a Straightforward Relationship With Other Defenses in Neotropical Opiliones

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Viperid Venom Immunization Using Chitosan Nanoparticles as Immunoadjuvant

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Hidden diversity in plain sight: four new species of Nemesia (Araneae: Mygalomorphae) from the Córdoba Province of Spain

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Photographic evidence of mite parasitism on a jumping spider Hyllus semicupreus (Simon, 1885) from Gujarat, Western India.

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Microclimate of cemetery habitats and nest site selection of Eresus kollari (Araneae: Eresidae) in South Korea

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An Example of Chromosomal Study in Chelicerates: Haplodrassus ovtchinnikovi Ponomarev, 2008 (Gnaphosidae: Araneae)

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Diversity and Abundance of Spiders (Araneae) in Different Habitats in Mt. Lantoy, Cebu, Philippines

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A Decade of Change: Trends in Scorpion Richness, Abundance, and Community Structure in Central Algerian Sahara

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Integrative taxonomy of the genus Nesticus in central Japan, with the description of a new species and redescriptions of N. echigonus and N. gondai (Araneae, Nesticidae)

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New Insights on the Geographical Distribution of the Malagasy Genus Neogrosphus Lourenço, 1995 (Scorpiones: Buthidae) with the Description of a New Species from a More Humid Environment

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First molecular data based on the mitochondrial 16S rRNA gene for the endemic harvestman Mediostoma izmiricum Snegovaya, Kurt and Yağmur (Opiliones: Nemastomatidae) from Türkiye, with insights into the phylogenetic relationships of the genus

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Insights into the distribution and ecology of the funnelweb spider Macrothele calpeiana in Portugal

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Temperature-induced changes in lipids and fatty acids in spiders

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A comparative morphology of trichobothrial bases in mygalomorph spiders and its significance for the phylogeny and system of the infraorder (Arachnida: Araneae: Mygalomorphae)

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Seasonal constraints on maternal body size induce transgenerational fitness penalties in a sheet-web spider

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Euscorpius emae sp. n. (Scorpiones: Euscorpiidae), a new scorpion species from Montenegro

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All genera of the world: order Opiliones (Animalia: Arthropoda: Arachnida)

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New data on the distribution of Aguapanela arvi Perafán, Cifuentes & Estrada, 2015 in Colombia through collections and citizen science, with notes on the natural history (Araneae: Theraphosidae)

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New spider species records, and new distributional records, from The Republic of Sudan (Arachnida: Araneae)

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Assessing the current and future distribution of Androctonus mauritanicus in Morocco under climate change using MaxEnt with environmental variables

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Four new species of the rubripes group of Corinna C. L. Koch, 1841 from Brazilian Atlantic Forest (Araneae: Corinnidae)

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