It has been a few years since AI began successfully tackling the challenge of predicting the three-dimensional structure of proteins, complex molecules that are essential for all life. Next-generation ...

New proteins not found in nature have now been designed to counteract certain highly poisonous components of snake venom. The deep learning, computational methods for developing these ...

One man did the unthinkable, and now humanity may get the cure for several snake venoms. This whole pursuit and its results have been published in the journal Cell00402-7). The man in question is a ...

Immunologist Jacob Glanville came across media reports in 2017 of a man who had injected himself hundreds of times with the venom of some of the world’s deadliest snakes, including cobras, mambas and ...

The antivenom for a black mamba’s bite could one day work for a slew of other snakes. Scientists have developed an antibody that shuts down paralyzing toxins in the venom of black mambas, king cobras ...

CINCINNATI (WKRC) - Scientists created an "unparalleled" antivenom by using the blood of a man who was bitten by over 200 snakes and injected over 700 doses of venom into his body. For 18 years Tim ...

TL;DR: Tim Friede's self-immunization against venomous snakes led to the discovery of potent antibodies enabling a new universal antivenom effective against 13 snake species. This breakthrough aims to ...

RESEARCHERS in Queensland are using venom from one of the world's deadliest snakes to help cardiac patients when they visit hospital. Queensland start-up company Q-Sera is using the coastal taipan's ...