Scientists at IISc Bengaluru develop antibody against deadly snakebite toxin
Bengaluru: Scientists at the Indian Institute of Science (IISc) here have developed a synthetic human antibody that can neutralise a potent neurotoxin produced by highly toxic snakes of the Elapidae family, which includes the cobra, king cobra, krait, and black mamba. A team of researchers at the Scripps Research Institute and the Evolutionary Venomics Lab (EVL) at the Centre for Ecological Sciences …