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Snake venom kills 100,000 people a year, a new AI-developed protein has made it much easier to treat. (www.nature.com)

submitted 5 months ago by Lugh to c/futurology

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[–] just_another_person@lemmy.world 1 points 5 months ago (3 children)

How is this still at 100k people a year in 2024?

[–] Lugh 5 points 5 months ago (1 children)

At present, the only available treatments for snakebites consist of polyclonal antibodies derived from the plasma of immunized animals, which have high cost and limited efficacy against 3FTxs5

Huge swathes of the world, especially India and countries in Africa, don't have access to high cost medical treatments.

[–] mosiacmango@lemm.ee 3 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

Huge swathes of the world, especially India, the US and countries in Africa, don't have access to high cost medical treatments.

Missed a big one mate.

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