Heterologous Antivenin in Neutralization of North American Coral Snake Venom

A Global Database on Coral Reefs and Their Resources

(eds.) ReefBase: A global database oncoral reefs and their resources. ICLARM,Manila.

Snake Venom, Anti-snake Venom & Potential of Snake Venom

Many active secretions produced by animals have been employed in the development of new drugs to treat diseases such as hypertension and cancer. Snake venom toxins contributed significantly to the treatment of many medical conditions. Venomous snakes have a bad reputation and rightly so because of their often deadly bites. But what makes a snake’s bite so deadly is the venom. Of the 3000 snake ...

Recreational Diving Impacts on Coral Reefs and the Adoption of Environmentally Responsible Practices within the SCUBA Diving Industry

Recreational diving on coral reefs is an activity that has experienced rapidly growing levels of popularity and participation. Despite providing economic activity for many developing coastal communities, the potential role of dive impacts in contributing to coral reef damage is a concern at heavily dived locations. Management measures to address this issue increasingly include the introduction ...

Fishing , Ocean Recreation , and Threats to Hawaii ’ s Coral Reefs :

Antivenom: the Shortage at Hand and How Polyspecific Antivenom May save Us All

University of Pittsburgh, Swanson School of Engineering 1 Submission Date 11.01.2016 Disclaimer—This paper partially fulfills a writing requirement for first year (freshman) engineering students at the University of Pittsburgh Swanson School of Engineering. This paper is a student, not a professional, paper. This paper is based on publicly available information and may not provide complete anal...