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As many as 137,000 people die from snakebites every year. Venom from snakes can cause internal bleeding, attack the nervous system, and even stop the heart. Making anti-venom is an expensive ...

While pursuing therapeutic treatments, one group of scientists accidentally learned how to make snake bites more deadly. Published in Nature Communications, a recent study conducted by Ph.D. student ...

Snake venoms are complex cocktails of proteins and peptides, each designed by nature to incapacitate prey or deter predators. Among the many toxins in snake venom, L-type (3FTx-L) toxins stand out as ...

Scientists have made a synthetic antibody that can prevent paralysis and death inflicted by the venom of elapids, a large family of mostly deadly snakes found around the world. The discovery has us ...

The venom of some snakes and spiders can kill even the largest of creatures in a matter of hours, but it seems that the venom of this snake species may actually be good for us. In the right doses, ...

Artificial intelligence could take the bite out of snake venom. Using AI, scientists have designed proteins that say not so fassst to toxins wielded by cobras and other venomous snakes. It’s a ...

TWO NEWS. SNAKE EXPERTS SAY ENCOUNTERS AND BITES ARE HAPPENING MORE OFTEN IN CENTRAL FLORIDA, IN PART BECAUSE OF NEW DEVELOPMENT. WESH 2’S DAVID JONES WENT TO AN ANTI-VENOM LAB IN SAINT CLOUD TODAY TO ...

The synthetic antibody targets a toxin produced by the Elapidae family of snakes, which includes cobras, kraits and mambas. Riadi Pracipta / 500px via Getty Images Researchers have created a powerful ...

New research published in the journal Biology Letters indicates that a desert woodrat's resistance to rattlesnake venom may vary with temperature. As a warming climate, driven by human-caused ...