venom
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Riffing on the human need for emotional engagement through the arts with such venom is not just a slap in the face; it’s evidence of Iñárritu’s gnawing insecurities.
From Salon ● Oct. 5, 2026
The venom peptides that snakes and snails use are built as closed loops, which is what lets them survive intact.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 25, 2026
Protagonist spent more than a decade on the chemistry, drawing inspiration from an unlikely place: venom.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 25, 2026
They use their potent venom to kill prey and are not considered dangerous to people because humans don’t look anything like food to them.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 17, 2026
She was cold around me, but too excited about Minerva to unleash any real venom as I protested her involvement in front of the others.
From "The Marrow Thieves" by Cherie Dimaline
The scientific research in those cases involved work around the mosquito-born chikungunya virus, a "highly-pathogenic" strain of the bird flu, a family of viruses that include smallpox and mpox, venoms and other toxins.
From Barron's ● Sep. 11, 2026
For the past five years, The Liana Trust has been studying venoms from species beyond the big four to develop antidotes to them.
From BBC ● Feb. 1, 2026
Compounds from spider and snake venoms, along with substances produced by plants and fungi, are being studied for their potential to treat pain, cancer, and other conditions.
From Science Daily ● Dec. 24, 2025
In recent years, animal venoms and toxins have excited researchers because of their pharmaceutical potential.
From Textbooks ● Jun. 9, 2022
Insects produce a variety of venoms, attractants, repellants.
From "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson
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