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The sweet spot: sugar-based sensors to revolutionize snake venom detection

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Every five minutes , 50 people are bitten by a snake worldwide; four will be permanently disabled and one will die.

Most approaches to diagnose and treat snake venom, a WHO neglected tropical disease, rely on antibodies.

Antibody assays have several challenges associated with them, including high costs, lengthy procedures, and inconsistencies.

Researchers have published the first example of a synthetic sugar detection test for snake venom.

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