Melittin is the main compound found in honeybee venom. It works by "punching holes on the cell membrane," Wang said. "With just one injection, we observed cancer cell death within six hours and the ...

Warmer weather means more snakes out and about and in North Carolina, there are a number of venomous types. According Dr. Benjamin German, an emergency medicine physician with WakeMed, their emergency ...

WASHINGTON -- Scorpions don't bother to waste venom killing a victim if they don't have to. Instead they use a prevenom that causes extreme pain, resorting to the deadlier version only when necessary, ...