Medicine is not helpless. Snake bites can be neutralised with antivenom, but that is often not to hand in the remote parts of ...

Colubrid snakes, such as the mangrove snake ( Boiga dendrophila ), which have fangs farther back in their mouths, lunged ...

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Antivenom, also known as antivenin, is an umbrella term for purified antibodies which work against venoms or parts of venoms.

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To do this, they first immunized the camelids with venoms collected from 18 African snake species. Next, they extracted ...

If you ever get bitten by a snake, don’t believe what you see in the movies. Tying a tourniquet, slicing your arm, or trying ...

Many victims live in remote areas, far from prompt access to medical help. Most antivenoms are created in the same way.

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