A pill for heavy metal poisoning may also save snakebite victims
In mice, an oral medication delayed or even prevented death after a lethal dose of viper venom
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A Sochurek's saw-scaled viper (Echis carinatus sochureki) is one of the venomous snakes whose deadly bite seems to be neutralized by a drug developed to treat heavy metal poisoning, a mouse study suggests.
Wolfgang Wüster