Elda Sánchez

New Capabilities

Co-author of the study

Snakebites kill 80,000 to 140,000 people a year, and the standard treatment has barely changed in 130 years. Researchers found that proteins naturally present in rattlesnake blood neutralize venom from multiple viper species — about 10 times more potently than the leading commercial antivenom.

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