It has been a few years since AI began successfully tackling the challenge of predicting the three-dimensional structure of ...

Scientists have pioneered a groundbreaking method to combat snake venom using newly designed proteins, offering hope for more ...

In India, the "Big Four" - the spectacled cobra, common krait, Russell's viper, and saw-scaled viper - cause many deaths ...

"Most scorpions are likely capable of spraying venom. They just don't do it. This extreme behavioral response is only known ...

"This is probably the coolest experimental result I've had in my career so far," said biochemist Susana Vázquez Torres.

The current way to produce antivenoms is antiquated. Experiments in mice suggest that an artificial intelligence approach could save time and money.

Each year, snake bites kill upwards of 100,000 people and permanently disable hundreds of thousands more, according to estimates from the World Health Organization. Promising new science, enabled by ...

Researchers have created new proteins that neutralize lethal toxins found in snake venom, potentially offering a safer and more effective alternative to traditional antivenoms. According to the ...

Few creatures are as fearsome as venomous snakes and scorpions. While snake venom can cause paralysis and tissue damage, ...

Details of the work are published in a Nature paper titled, “De novo designed proteins neutralize lethal snake venom toxins.” The study, which was done in mice, focuses on a class of snake ...