Venomous crustacean from Mayan underwater caves provides new drug candidates by Markus Bernards, Goethe University Frankfurt am Main Editors' notes Add as preferred source ...

Here, data exists only for individual animal species, meaning this group still holds great untapped potential. It was only discovered a few years ago that there also exist venomous crustaceans, i.e.

FRANKFURT. Many animals use venoms for self-defense or hunting. The components of such venom, known as toxins, interfere with various physiological processes – which is also the reason why they are so ...

Zootoxins affect a wide range of physiological processes and are therefore of great interest for drug research. An international study led by Björn von Reumont of Goethe University Frankfurt has ...