"Venom toxins" refers to harmful substances produced by certain animals or insects, called venomous creatures, that can cause different types of damage or possibly kill their prey or attackers.
Sentences with «venom toxins»
The researchers propose that adding insulin to the mix of venom toxins enabled predatory cone snails to disable entire schools of swimming fish with hypoglycemic shock. (sciencedaily.com)
Now, researchers report that they have devised nanoparticles that sop up a variety of common venom toxins in test tube studies, a key stride in coming up with the first ever broad - spectrum snake antivenom. (sciencemag.org)
These adaptations include the massive and rapid expansion of gene families that produce venom toxins, providing the snake with a highly toxic protein mixture required to overcome a variety of different prey and also circumvent any resistance to venom that may have developed in such prey. (sciencedaily.com)