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Will protein design tools solve the snake antivenom shortage?

55 pointsby sebgabout 12 hours ago

6 comments

karmakazeabout 10 hours ago
Or one man with more than 200 bites and more than 700 injections of venom he prepared from some of the world&#x27;s deadliest snakes[0].<p>[0] <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.bbc.com&#x2F;news&#x2F;articles&#x2F;cr5d0l7el36o" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.bbc.com&#x2F;news&#x2F;articles&#x2F;cr5d0l7el36o</a>
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HarHarVeryFunnyabout 10 hours ago
I recently watched this YouTube documentary about a Borneo tribe, barely clinging onto their traditional ways&#x2F;knowledge (displaced by the logging industry) who used a plant as a supposedly universal snake bite remedy ... I wonder if there was ever a scientific study of how effective it actually is?<p><a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.youtube.com&#x2F;watch?v=TiQBTesZUJQ" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.youtube.com&#x2F;watch?v=TiQBTesZUJQ</a>
dtgriscomabout 3 hours ago
Recent Derek Lowe article on antivenom: <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.science.org&#x2F;content&#x2F;blog-post&#x2F;whole-lotta-snakin-going" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.science.org&#x2F;content&#x2F;blog-post&#x2F;whole-lotta-snakin...</a>
gilleainabout 10 hours ago
Related : <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;news.ycombinator.com&#x2F;item?id=43708841">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;news.ycombinator.com&#x2F;item?id=43708841</a>
User23about 10 hours ago
The shortage is already rather artificial. A snakebite treatment that costs $150k in the USA is just a few hundred dollars in Mexico.
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kyleblarsonabout 5 hours ago
I live in an area with tons of rattlesnakes and deal with at least 6-10 per year on my property. They generally just want to be left alone which I usually oblige unless they are near the house or shop. I heard an old timer say that the majority of snake bite victims in our area are young males and the most common pre-bite words are &quot;hold my beer, watch this.&quot;