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[ven-uhm] / ˈvɛn əm /


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Existing scorpion antivenoms are produced by injecting horses with venom and harvesting their plasma antibodies, making them expensive to produce, variable and effective only against specific species.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 20, 2026

Riffing on the human need for emotional engagement through the arts with such venom is not just a slap in the face; it’s evidence of Iñárritu’s gnawing insecurities.

From Salon ● Oct. 5, 2026

Protagonist spent more than a decade on the chemistry, drawing inspiration from an unlikely place: venom.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 25, 2026

They use their potent venom to kill prey and are not considered dangerous to people because humans don’t look anything like food to them.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 17, 2026

As the flood of venom rolled toward the goddess, the fumes began to make her cough.

From "The House of Hades" by Rick Riordan

The scientific research in those cases involved work around the mosquito-born chikungunya virus, a "highly-pathogenic" strain of the bird flu, a family of viruses that include smallpox and mpox, venoms and other toxins.

From Barron's ● Sep. 11, 2026

For the past five years, The Liana Trust has been studying venoms from species beyond the big four to develop antidotes to them.

From BBC ● Feb. 1, 2026

Scripps Research scientists have developed an antibody that can block the effects of lethal toxins in the venoms of a wide variety of snakes found throughout Africa, Asia and Australia.

From Science Daily ● Feb. 21, 2024

In recent years, animal venoms and toxins have excited researchers because of their pharmaceutical potential.

From Textbooks ● Jun. 9, 2022

Beyond that is flat Lake Ontario, a zero at the beginning and a zero at the end, slate-gray and brimming with venoms.

From "Cat's Eye" by Margaret Atwood


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