Cobra venom neutralised by common blood-thinning drug Heparin

Cobra venom neutralised by common blood-thinning drug Heparin

Getty Images A spitting cobra’s incredibly potent venom can quickly destroy skin, muscle and bone around the site of a bite A drug commonly prescribed to thin blood can be repurposed as a cheap antidote to cobra venom, a team of scientists based in Australia, Canada, Costa Rica and the UK has discovered. Snakebites kill … Read more