A drug commonly prescribed to thin blood can be repurposed as a cheap antidote to cobra venom, a team of scientists based in Australia, Canada, Costa Rica and the UK has discovered. Snakebites ...

Researchers said that blood thinning medicine Heparin can be repurposed as cobra venom antidote. The team from the University of Sydney and Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine claimed they have ...

Researchers have discovered that Heparin, a common blood thinner, might be an affordable cure for deadly cobra venom.

Giving mice the blood-thinning drug heparin after they were injected with venom from two cobra species reduced their risk of tissue death, which can lead to amputations ...

A breakthrough from an international research team has produced a cheap new antidote to deadly cobra venom using a surprising source—a commonplace blood thinner. Cobras aren’t technically the ...

A team of Australian researchers is uncovering the secrets of snake venom with results that could revolutionise cobra bite treatment.

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 ...

Researchers used CRISPR gene editing, which is a technology that allows scientists to change the DNA of a living organism, to find new methods to block cobra venom from two different snakes: red ...

A clinical trial will test whether a lab-made version of a molecule found in spider venom can reverse tissue damage after a heart attack.

Scientists have created a miniature "blood-vessel-on-a-chip" to study how snake venom can cause fatal internal bleeding — and to help develop new antivenoms to stop it.