AI helps scientists decode a cone snail toxin’s targets, paving the way for safer drug development and ecological research.

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Their catches turned out to contain Conus geographus, a marine mollusk that produces some of the most potent venom of any cone snail species. The ultimate cause of death, then, seemed clear. But the ...

When scientists develop new molecules—whether for the purposes of agriculture, species control, or life-saving drugs—it's ...

Researchers have found that cone snail toxins can be a good model for AI simulations of molecular interactions.

Others slide slowly across the ocean floor, seemingly innocent, but with a single kiss from a tiny proboscis, an animal such as a cone snail can kill a human. In fact, 70% of humans stung by cone ...

To milk a cone snail requires guile and guts. First, Frank Marí uses a pair of tongs to hold a dead goldfish out to the snail; the creature extends a narrow, hose-shaped nose and sniffs the offering.

An investigation of the cone snail toxin has led to the development of a new method for studying molecular interactions.

and named it "Oc non Son Doong” (Son Doong cone snail), Vietnam News Agency (VNA) reported. This land snail species, scientifically called Calybium plicatus sp. nov., belongs to the Calybium ...

In the hunt for the target of a cone snail toxin, researchers established a new pipeline that can help identify molecular interactions and may assist with drug discovery ROCKVILLE, MD – When ...