The intoxicating science of animal venom. What you need to know

A biochemical arms race has shaped deadly venoms into a powerful medical resource. Image: REUTERS/Kham
Mandë Holford
Associate Professor of Chemical Biology, Hunter College, City University of New York (CUNY)Ashlee Rowe
Assistant Professor, Department of Biology and Graduate Program in Cellular & Behavioral Neurobiology, University of Oklahoma
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