Immunoprofiling of Equine Plasma against in Taiwan: Key to Understanding Differential Neutralization Potency in Immunized Horses.

Snakebite envenoming is a public health issue linked to high mortality and morbidity rates worldwide. Although antivenom has been the mainstay treatment for envenomed victims receiving medical care, the diverse therapeutic efficacy of the produced antivenom is a major limitation. is a venomous snake that poses significant concern of risks to human life in Taiwan, and successful production of antivenom against envenoming remains a considerable challenge.

Development of a Monoclonal scFv against Cytotoxin to Neutralize Cytolytic Activity Induced by Venom on Myoblast C2C12 Cells.

The Taiwanese cobra, , is a clinically significant species of snake observed in the wild in Taiwan. Victims bitten by usually experience severe pain and local tissue necrosis. Although antivenom is available for treatment of cobra envenomation, its neutralization potency against cobra-induced necrosis is weak, with more than 60% of cobra envenoming patients developing tissue necrosis after antivenom administration.

Direction-selective modulation of visual motion rivalry by collocated tactile motion.

Early models of multisensory integration posited that cross-modal signals only converged in higher-order association cortices and that vision automatically dominates. However, recent studies have challenged this view. In this study, the significance of the alignment of motion axes and spatial alignment across visual and tactile stimuli, as well as the effect of hand visibility on visuo-tactile interactions were examined.

Polycomb repressive complex 1 initiates and maintains tailless repression in Drosophila embryo.

Maternally-deposited morphogens specify the fates of embryonic cells via hierarchically regulating the expression of zygotic genes that encode various classes of developmental regulators. Once the cell fates are determined, Polycomb-group proteins frequently maintain the repressed state of the genes. This study investigates how Polycomb-group proteins repress the expression of tailless, which encodes a developmental regulator in Drosophila embryo.