Thursday, March 16, 2017

Snake bit? UCI chemists figure out how to easily and cheaply halt venom's spread

03/14/2017 02:36 PM EDT

Ken Shea (right) and Jeffrey O'Brien have developed a broad-spectrum snake venom antidote

Chemists at the University of California, Irvine (UCI), have developed a way to neutralize deadly snake venom more cheaply and effectively than with traditional anti-venom--an innovation that could spare millions of people the loss of life or limbs each year.


Full story at https://news.uci.edu/research/snake-bit-uci-chemists-figure-out-how-to-easily-and-cheaply-halt-venoms-spread/

Source
University of California, Irvine


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