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Scientists at the University of Sydney and Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine have made a remarkable discovery: a commonly used blood thinner, heparin, can be repurposed as an inexpensive antidote for cobra venom.

A collaboration between the University of Sydney and Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine has found that a common blood-thinner works as an antidote to cobra venom. The discovery has the potential to save thousands of lives a year.

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