Science & technology | Snake bites
High-tech antidotes for snake bites
Genetic engineering and AI are powering the search for antivenins
|Bengaluru
THE BITE of a black mamba (pictured) causes respiratory muscular paralysis. And death. Disturb a Russell’s viper and the encounter may lead to kidney damage and excess bleeding. And death. As to the fer de lance, well, you get the idea.
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