First effective treatment found for spitting cobra snakebite
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0First effective treatment found for spitting cobra snakebite
Professor Nicholas Casewell of LSTM said,
Professor Casewell's team, led by Ph.D. student Keirah Bartlett and Dr. Steven Hall, then of LSTM and now at Lancaster University,
Local injection of the PLA2-inhibiting drug, varespladib reduced the extent of dermonecrosis, even when delivered up to an hour after the venom, and the protection conferred, by the drug also extended to venom-induced muscle toxicity.
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Professor Nicholas Casewell of LSTM said
Professor Casewell's team
led by Ph.D. student Keirah Bartlett and Dr. Steven Hall
then of LSTM and now at Lancaster University
Local injection of the PLA2-inhibiting drug
varespladib reduced the extent of dermonecrosis
even when delivered up to an hour after the venom
protection conferred
by the drug also extended to venom-induced muscle toxicity.