Posts Tagged ‘spider’
Pleased to be commenting on BBC news global about the giant Funnel-web spider
Australia has many venomous animals that are a significant danger to humans. In the battle to save human life from unfortunate encounters with venomous animals, specific antivenom is needed. In order to do this, venom must be collected from the animals responsible and depending on the species and size this can be a very difficult…
Read MoreAvoiding the Antibiotic Apocalypse
With the domination of classical antibiotics coming to a dramatic end, it is time to find novel sources of antibiotics that circumvent the ability of the bacterial to evolve resistance. New classes of antibiotics are being found in the venoms of several species. Screening these as you would for other compounds is already yielding promising…
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