How One Wisconsin Man’s Shocking Dare Sparked a Breakthrough in Universal Antivenom Research
Glanville said that this is an “unparalleled” breadth of protection, and that it “likely covers a whole bunch of elapids for which there is no current antivenom.”
While they are still working to refine the antibodies further and identify a fourth component that could lead to total protection, the research shows that it could one day be possible. Kwong estimates that it could even happen in “the next 10 or 15 years.”
“It’s an overwhelming feeling knowing that what I’m doing someday can change — it already has — medical history,” said Friede.
After reading about Tim Friede’s quest to create a universal antivenom, meet the Titanoboa, the prehistoric snake that grew up to 50 feet long. Then, read about some of history’s most shocking Frankenstein-like experiments carried out by some truly mad scientists.
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