A new snakebite treatment combines an existing drug with antibodies from a hyperimmune reptile collector, raising both hopes and ethical concerns ...

Learn more about the antibodies of a self-immunizing donor that could help create a universal snake antivenom.

A man spent 18 years injecting himself with venom, almost dying more than once – and now his blood is behind a new snakebite treatment.

Coral snakes are venomous elapids known all around the world for how dangerous they can be. They are one of the only snakes ...

Tim Friede might be the world's most snakebit person—and his antibodies could hold the key to a truly universal snake antivenom.

Elapid venom contains peptides called short-chain neurotoxins (SNX) and long-chain neurotoxins (LNX). Both types of peptide bind to the same receptors on nerve cells, impairing communication ...

Next, they determined which of the antibodies were broadly effective against two important types of neurotoxins found in the venoms of elapid snakes, a family of species including cobras ...

The research, published in the journal Cell, showed that Friede’s blood had antibodies that could fight off three major types of neurotoxins used by elapid snakes. They created a combination treatment ...

To build the antivenom, the team first created a testing panel with 19 of the World Health Organization's category 1 and 2 deadliest snakes across the elapid family, a group which contains roughly ...

Experts have long called for better ways to treat snakebites, which kill some 200 people a day, mainly in the developing ...

To build the antivenom, the team first created a testing panel with 19 of the World Health Organization's category 1 and 2 deadliest snakes across the elapid family, a group which contains roughly ...

Scientists hope to make a universal antivenom from the extraordinary blood of a man exposed to snake venom for decades.