Immunologist Jacob Glanville came across media of a man who had injected himself hundreds of times with the venom of some of the world's deadliest snakes. It sparked new treatment research.

But Du, who found that the blood-thinning drug heparin could prevent people losing limbs after cobra bites, wants to know if the team’s treatment can prevent necrosis of the skin and muscles.

It worked. In mice, a heparin-like drug called tinzaparin curbed local tissue damage after the rodents were injected with spitting cobra venom.

An international research team has made a discovery using a common, blood thinner, potentially life-saving antidote for cobra venom.

For the first time, scientists are testing whether a first-of-its-kind drug inspired by spider venom can reverse the tissue damage caused by a heart attack. Starting next summer, the team plans to ...

A clinical trial will test whether a lab-made version of a molecule found in spider venom can reverse tissue damage after a heart attack.

Scientists from the University of Sydney and Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine have, however, found a cheaper, more effective and more accessible antidote for cobra venom – heparin, a common ...

SINGAPORE – When a snake sinks its fangs into the flesh of its prey, toxins in its venom can destroy the victim’s tissue almost instantly. Currently, the common treatment for snake bites is an ...

Researchers at the University of Sydney and Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine demonstrated how a commonly used blood thinner could be repurposed as a cost-effective and easy-to-access cobra venom ...

On average, snakes bite 1.8 million people worldwide each year, and 138,000 of those are fatal. Researchers have now found a new treatment for at least cobra bites — a common blood thinner ...