Poll of the Day > Move over ivermectin. Brazilian viper venom is the next fad.

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MasterChiefer
09/02/21 6:33:27 AM
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Clench281
09/02/21 6:37:32 AM
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Whole venom is not being used as a therapeutic. Snake venom has dozens to hundreds of components, and they vary from one snake to another. Here they isolated a single protein from one snake species venom.

Headlines like this piss me off, whether they're intentionally misleading or done out of ignorance. It's clear the consequence of the headline will be people think raw, unprocessed venom.

Better title: molecule isolated from viper venom may become tool in fighting covid

It's an opportunity to teach readers how and why massive drug screening experiments are done

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MasterChiefer
09/02/21 12:50:00 PM
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Clench281 posted...
Whole venom is not being used as a therapeutic. Snake venom has dozens to hundreds of components, and they vary from one snake to another. Here they isolated a single protein from one snake species venom.

Headlines like this piss me off, whether they're intentionally misleading or done out of ignorance. It's clear the consequence of the headline will be people think raw, unprocessed venom.

Better title: molecule isolated from viper venom may become tool in fighting covid

It's an opportunity to teach readers how and why massive drug screening experiments are done
Im just waiting for the news stories of people letting a viper bite them thinking it will help them.
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adjl
09/02/21 1:01:01 PM
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MasterChiefer posted...
Im just waiting for the news stories of people letting a viper bite them thinking it will help them.

More likely people capturing the snakes and harvesting their venom to sell to uninformed individuals, which is really unfortunate.

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