Scientists have developed a treatment that prevents paralysis or death from the venom of some of the world’s most feared snakes.
IS with reference to foreign media, it is reported that this method of treatment has long been evaluated as the “first step” on the way to creating a universal antidote against snakebite.
Between 81,000 and 138,000 people die from snake bites in the world every year. Another 400,000 suffer life-changing injuries, including amputations, loss of sight and open wounds that never heal. However, treatment options have remained almost unchanged for a century. Each snake has a different antidote. In the process of preparation of treatment, poison is removed from snakes and toxin is injected. Therefore, the process is very difficult. At the same time, it has certain effects which are serious and the treatments vary from snake to snake.
Professor Nicholas Casewell, head of the Center for Snakebite Research and Intervention at Liverpool School, said: “This research is really exciting and exciting because it shows us what we can do about snakebite.
