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Snake bit? UCI Chemists Develop Broad-Spectrum, Cheap Snake Venom Antidote

Chemists at the University of California, Irvine 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. In the U.S., human snakebite deaths are rare – about five a year –