The Chemistry of Snake Venom
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We know poisonous snakes are dangerous, but what exactly makes venom so powerful? Evolutionary biology tells us why venom is useful for snakes, but chemistry tells us how venom works. This week, Reactions sheds some light on the proteins in venom, as well as its potential medical uses
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Music:
Robert Daglio – Mr. Fantastic
Sam Leopard – Back for More
Writer & Producer:
Kirk Zamieroski
Executive Producer:
Adam Dylewski
Scientific consultants:
Kenneth Winkel, Ph.D.
Darcy Gentleman, Ph.D.
Sophia Cai
SOURCES:
Snake Venom Basics - http://www.chm.bris.ac.uk/webprojects2003/stoneley/two.htm
Snake Venom Basics 2 - http://www.toxinology.com/fusebox.cfm?staticaction=snakes/ns-snvenom.htm
Cytotoxins - http://www.omicsonline.org/open-access/metalloproteinases-mechanisms-of-action-and-pharmacological-relevance-2161-0495.1000-181.pdf
Striking Beauties: Venomous Snakes - https://web.archive.org/web/20060523055642/
General Neurotoxins - http://www.chemistryexplained.com/Ne-Nu/Neurotoxins.html
Evolutions Most Effective Killer: Snake Venom - http://www.popsci.com/scitech/article/2008-03/evolution’s-most-effective-killer-snake-venom
Venom and alzheimer’s - http://www.med.monash.edu.au/news/2016/snake-venom-alzheimers-disease.html
Blood clotting hydrogels - http://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/acsbiomaterials.5b00356
Annual snakebites - http://www.cdc.gov/niosh/topics/snakes/
Prothrombin activation - http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/3531198
Fibrin & clotting - http://atvb.ahajournals.org/content/31/12/e88.full
On thrombin and fibrin - http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2408736/
Microclots - https://books.google.co.jp/books?id=FBclBQAAQBAJ&pg=PA116&lpg=PA116&dq=venom+microclots+thombrin&source=bl&ots=_Pf4W7ImrS&sig=sBn0Cgwlzo7zKuVHbd1HrjdMcTQ&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiR6qrK7_vLAhWJFJQKHev5BAAQ6AEIKDAC#v=onepage&q=venom%20microclots%20thombrin&f=fals
We know poisonous snakes are dangerous, but what exactly makes venom so powerful? Evolutionary biology tells us why venom is useful for snakes, but chemistry tells us how venom works. This week, Reactions sheds some light on the proteins in venom, as well as its potential medical uses
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Subscribe! http://bit.ly/ACSReactions
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Music:
Robert Daglio – Mr. Fantastic
Sam Leopard – Back for More
Writer & Producer:
Kirk Zamieroski
Executive Producer:
Adam Dylewski
Scientific consultants:
Kenneth Winkel, Ph.D.
Darcy Gentleman, Ph.D.
Sophia Cai
SOURCES:
Snake Venom Basics - http://www.chm.bris.ac.uk/webprojects2003/stoneley/two.htm
Snake Venom Basics 2 - http://www.toxinology.com/fusebox.cfm?staticaction=snakes/ns-snvenom.htm
Cytotoxins - http://www.omicsonline.org/open-access/metalloproteinases-mechanisms-of-action-and-pharmacological-relevance-2161-0495.1000-181.pdf
Striking Beauties: Venomous Snakes - https://web.archive.org/web/20060523055642/
General Neurotoxins - http://www.chemistryexplained.com/Ne-Nu/Neurotoxins.html
Evolutions Most Effective Killer: Snake Venom - http://www.popsci.com/scitech/article/2008-03/evolution’s-most-effective-killer-snake-venom
Venom and alzheimer’s - http://www.med.monash.edu.au/news/2016/snake-venom-alzheimers-disease.html
Blood clotting hydrogels - http://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/acsbiomaterials.5b00356
Annual snakebites - http://www.cdc.gov/niosh/topics/snakes/
Prothrombin activation - http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/3531198
Fibrin & clotting - http://atvb.ahajournals.org/content/31/12/e88.full
On thrombin and fibrin - http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2408736/
Microclots - https://books.google.co.jp/books?id=FBclBQAAQBAJ&pg=PA116&lpg=PA116&dq=venom+microclots+thombrin&source=bl&ots=_Pf4W7ImrS&sig=sBn0Cgwlzo7zKuVHbd1HrjdMcTQ&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiR6qrK7_vLAhWJFJQKHev5BAAQ6AEIKDAC#v=onepage&q=venom%20microclots%20thombrin&f=fals
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