Their painful bites contain a cocktail of chemicals ... Then, Ruschig developed a cell-based assay to test their effectiveness against α-LTX’s cytotoxic effects. He found that 45 of the 75 generated ...

Cytotoxic T cells are CD8-postive T cells that are specialized for the direct killing of cells that are infected (particularly with viruses), cancerous or damaged in other ways. They express the ...

"Cytotoxic agents from nature lead to an increased incorporation of polyunsaturated fatty acids into the membrane of cancer cells. This makes them more susceptible to ferroptosis, a type of cell ...

“So, people assume it is something harmless, and pick it up. This snake bites without hesitation when picked up. Its cytotoxic venom is not lethal but causes pain and necrosis. Some patients ...