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AI-designed proteins tackle century-old problem — making snake antivenoms

AI-designed proteins tackle century-old problem — making snake antivenoms

Proteins designed using artificial intelligence (AI) can block the lethal effects of toxins delivered in the venom of cobras, adders and other deadly snakes.

The AI-designed proteins could form the basis of a new generation of therapies for snakebites — which kill an estimated 100,000 people each year and are still treated much as they were a century ago.

The study, published in Nature on 15…

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https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-025-00133-z

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