The story of one huge advance in health care shows why public investment in science is critical and why proposed cuts are ...

a 34-year-old man who died several days after he was bitten by his pet Gila monster. In February, medical crews responded to an animal bite call and found Ward hardly responsive in his bed after ...

The Gila monster's bite may be agonising, but humans have been using the lizard's venom to save lives. Over 30 years ago scientists discovered the potential of Gila monster venom as a treatment for ...

We report the case of a 40-year-old man who developed life-threatening angioedema and hypotension following the bite of a Gila monster (Heloderma suspectum), a venomous lizard of the southwestern ...

The U.S. is home to many things. The best athletes and musicians. Some of the best restaurants and food in the world. But I ...

The toxic bite of a Gila monster can kill a human, but a specific ingredient in the cocktail of the lizard's venom is the reason we have glucagon-like peptide (GLP-1) agonists like Ozempic and Wegovy.

The Gila monster, which is native to the deserts of North America, can survive on just a few meals a year, thanks to a digestion-slowing hormone in its venom. The discovery of this hormone paved ...