When venomous snakes in sub-Saharan Africa strike at rural residents, antivenom treatment may come too late or lack efficacy. An international team of scientists took on the challenge to create a more effective medicine for snakebites, and after many years, developed a powerful, broad spectrum nanobody cocktail which both neutralizes the venom in the bloodstream and prevents local tissue damage. Their study reported in Nature includes data from MAX IV’s BioMAX beamline.
