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Researchers Discover First Effective Treatment for Spitting Cobra Snakebite


Researchers from Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine and elsewhere used cellular and mouse experiments to determine which toxins in certain African spitting cobra venom are responsible for causing tissue damage.

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