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Engineered antibodies offer broad protection against deadly cobra toxins

🔬 Engineered Antibodies Offer Broad Protection Against

Published by OOPSONLINE.IN · Source: Medical Xpress · 1 min read · · Updated

What actually happened

A research team has developed a recombinant, nanobody-based antivenom that offers broad protection against venom from geographically diverse cobra and king cobra species in India. The study is published in Science Translational Medicine and includes researchers at the Centre for Ecological Sciences (CES), Indian Institute of Science (IISc), and collaborators at the Technical University of Denmark (DTU).

Key points

  • A research team has developed a recombinant, nanobody-based antivenom that offers broad protection against venom from geographically diverse cobra and king cobra species in India.
  • The study is published in Science Translational Medicine and includes researchers at the Centre for Ecological Sciences (CES), Indian Institute of Science (IISc), and collaborators at the Technical University of Denmark (DTU).

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