Conotoxins: Potential Weapons from the Sea
Peter D. Anderson and Gyula Bokor Cone snails are predatory marine animals that kill their prey with powerful venom. Conotoxins are a pharmacologically and chemically diverse group of toxins found in the venom. A number of species of cone snails, such as Conus geographus, are deadly to humans. Conotoxins affect numerous neurotransmitter receptors and ion […]
Correlation Between Non-polio Acute Flaccid Paralysis Rates with Pulse Polio Frequency in India
Rachana Dhiman, Sandeep C. Prakash, V. Sreenivas, Jacob Puliyel We have previously shown that the NPAFP rate increases sharply when more than six rounds of pulse polio are used in the year. We speculated that repeated doses of the live vaccine virus delivered to the intestine may colonize the gut and alter the viral microbiome […]
Oral Polio Drops Linked to Paralysis in India
Ranjit Devraj While India’s oral polio vaccine (OPV) drives have eliminated polio from the country, they have also resulted in over 490,000 cases of paralysis during 2000—2017, says a new study based on national surveillance statistics.
