"This is probably the coolest experimental result I've had in my career so far," said biochemist Susana Vázquez Torres.

A study by this year's Nobel Laureate in Chemistry reveals a possible game-changer in snakebite treatment. Researchers have ...

New proteins not found in nature have now been designed to counteract certain highly poisonous components of snake venom. The ...

A groundbreaking study led by Nobel Laureate David Baker and Timothy Patrick Jenkins introduces innovative, computationally ...

Snake venom includes a complicated mix of toxins, most of them proteins, that engage in a multi-front assault on anything unfortunate enough to get bitten. Right now, the primary treatment is to ...

prompting the production of antibodies that neutralise venom toxins. These antibodies are then harvested and purified to create antivenom, which can treat snakebite envenomation in humans effectively.

HHMI researchers discover that protein related to snake venom toxin modulates receptors that are targeted by nicotine. Scientists have found that a protein resembling snake venom neurotoxin modulates ...

This year's Nobel Laureate in Chemistry has revealed a potential game-changer in the treatment snakebites. Researchers have ...

Venom War #2 comes from the creative team of Al Ewing ... While all this is taking place, Dylan watches on the sidelines with Toxin, Flexo, Red Goblin, and Sleeper. The four other symbiotes ...

Details of the work are published in a Nature paper titled, “De novo designed proteins neutralize lethal snake venom toxins.” The study, which was done in mice, focuses on a class of snake ...