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Box jellyfish stings are excruciating and occasionally deadly. We have identified a common, cheap drug that is already on the market and which could be a treatment candidate with further development.
If you’re confused about how best to treat a jellyfish sting, you’re not alone. Even the experts disagree. So, here’s the best advice we have.
From stingers to swans, Australia’s oceans are full of (potentially) deadly wildlife.
Despite a fearsome reputation, it seems Australia’s wildlife doesn’t scare away tourists.
Your guide to the cocktail of deadly chemicals in animal venom.
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Toxinologist; Senior Research Fellow, Australian Venom Research Unit, The University of Melbourne
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Professor of Tourism & Director, Centre for Tourism and Regional Opportunities, CQUniversity Australia
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Research scientist, University of Tasmania
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Director, Clinical Toxicology Research Group, University of Newcastle
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Professor of functional genomics, University of Sydney
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Professor and Director of the Division of Emergency Medicine , McMaster University
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Senior lecturer in Paediatrics, University of Newcastle
