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Most Venomous Animal: Geography Cone Snail Box jellyfish are widely publicized to be the most venomous creature in the world, but the real honor goes to geography cone snails (Conus geographus), which ...

A freshly collected batch of cone snails is handled with care by researchers. The venom in these snails, potentially deadly to humans, could hold the key to developing new therapeutics. Safavi Lab ...

The venom of geography cone snails may hold the key to developing better drugs for people with diabetes or hormone disorders. The findings of an international research team led by University of ...

In the study, the team looked at one of the most toxic marine cone snail –the geography cone. They are found along reefs in the Pacific and Indo-Pacific, where the snails stun and eat small fish.

SALT LAKE CITY — The venom of geography cone snails may hold the key to developing better drugs for people with diabetes or hormone disorders. The findings of an international research team led ...

"We think the cone snail developed this highly selective toxin to work together with the insulin-like toxin to bring down blood glucose to a really low level," says Ho Yan Yeung, PhD, a ...

Scientists are finding clues for how to treat diabetes and hormone disorders in an unexpected place: a toxin from one of the most venomous animals on the planet. A multinational research team led by ...

A multinational research team led by University of Utah scientists has identified a component within the venom of a deadly marine cone snail, the geography cone, that mimics a human hormone called ...