“Venomous animals have ... levels of blood sugar in the body from rising to dangerously high levels. The cone snail toxin consomatin also keeps blood sugar levels from increasing, but uses ...

In a world first, researchers have reared cone snails in a laboratory aquarium, which presents huge potential for understanding and unlocking the power of their complex venom for a vast range of ...

Cone snail shells range in size from less than an inch to 9 inches long. The snail unwinds itself in the shell and comes out the opening. Much like a harpoon, a sharp venomous stinger stabs the ...

The venom in these snails, potentially deadly to humans, could hold the key to developing new therapeutics. Safavi Lab It's the most venomous of the known species of cone snail, with almost all ...

Safavi said: “Venomous animals have ... but over millions of years of evolution, the cone snail turned its own hormone into a weapon. She said: "For the cone snail’s fishy prey, consomatin ...

unassuming animals until you meet the cone snail. This mollusk packs a punch as one of the most predatory and venomous creatures crawling the seafloor. This YouTube video shows some of the ...

Grabbing a live cone snail while collecting seashells could get you jabbed with a fanglike dart full of potentially fatal—and incredibly fast-acting—venom. But studying how this substance ...

As we'll learn, there are some differences between the facts and the fiction surrounding these venomous creatures and the toxin they produce. So sit back and prepare to learn about the real-life cone ...

This highlights the power of venoms to discover new drug leads and the cunningness that venomous animals use to immobilize their prey," she added. Cone snails catch and kill their prey, mostly ...

Venomous animals have evolved diverse molecular ... The discovery that certain fish-hunting cone snails use weaponized insulins to induce hypoglycemic shock in prey highlights a unique example ...

Deadly sea snail poison could be key to making better drugs to treat diabetes, according to a new study. The toxin from one of the most venomous creatures on the planet may lead to new medicines ...