The advent of soft ionization mass spectrometry‐based proteomics in the 1990s led to the
development of a new dimension in biology that conceptually allows for the integral analysis …

Influenza is a severe contagious disease caused by influenza A and B viruses. The WHO
estimates that annual outbreaks lead to 3–5 million severe infections of which approximately …

Snake venom variations are a crucial factor to understand the consequences of snakebite
envenoming worldwide, and therefore it is important to know about toxin composition …

The giant jellyfish Nemopilema nomurai sting can cause local and systemic reactions;
however, comparative analysis of the tentacle extract (TE) and nematocyst venom extract …

Spiders produce highly adapted venoms featuring a complex mixture of biomolecules used
mainly for hunting and defense. The most prominent components are peptidic neurotoxins, a …

Snakebite primarily impacts rural communities of Africa, Asia, and Latin America. The sharp-
nosed viper (Deinagkistrodon acutus) is among the snakes of highest medical importance in …

Venom is a remarkable innovation found across the animal kingdom, yet the evolutionary
origins of venom systems in various groups, including spiders, remain enigmatic. Here, we …

Bee venom and nanomaterial are promising new areas of research with the potential to
revolutionize various medical treatments. Because of its potential medicinal uses, bee …

Cnidarians (corals, sea anemones, and jellyfish) produce toxins that play central roles in key
ecological processes, including predation, defense, and competition, being the oldest extant …

Background The rapid development of sequencing technologies resulted in a wide
expansion of genomics studies using venomous lineages. This facilitated research focusing …