McALLEN - The Director of the Natural Toxins Research Center will present on Snake Toxins, Thursday, September 26th, 6 pm at Quinta Mazatlan. Venomous snakes have an arsenal of toxins in their venoms with various biological functions. While these toxins can create medical emergencies when humans are envenomed, these same molecules once purified, characterized, and cloned could have therapeutic value in treating strokes, heart attacks, preventing the metastasis of tumors, and many other medical conditions. Dr. Sanchez is originally from Falfurrias, Texas. She graduated with a Bachelor’s degree in Biology and a minor in Chemistry from Texas A&I University. Her ambitions ...