Scientists in the United States have created a new snake antivenom using the blood of a man who deliberately built up immunity to snakebites by injecting himself with many different kinds of venom ...

Research efforts are ongoing to develop safer, broad-spectrum antivenoms. Technology Networks sat down with Dr. Andreas ...

For nearly two decades, an American mechanic turned self-taught snake expert has done something that sounds suicidal at first ...

Tim Friede might be the world's most snakebit person—and his antibodies could hold the key to a truly universal snake antivenom. Reading time 3 minutes There really is a purpose for everyone out there ...

From rubber tappers in Liberia to sugar cane farmers in South Africa, bites from venomous snakes are a constant worry. 1 In sub-Saharan Africa—which is home to green and black mambas, spitting cobras, ...

In sub-Saharan Africa, snake bites are a major problem, and better antivenom treatments are required to prevent deaths and injuries. Writing in Nature, Ahmadi et al. 1 present a therapy that targets ...

DTU researchers are behind a potentially groundbreaking antivenom that could revolutionize the treatment of venomous snakebites in Africa. Snakebite envenoming is among the world's deadliest yet most ...