Rapid test to save lives of snakebite victims
Wednesday, December 5, 2012 - 08:31
in Biology & Nature
A new test to detect snake venom won the first place on the winner's podium at this year's Göttingen Innovation Competition. The rapid test, developed by scientists from the biotechnology company miprolab GmbH and the Biodiversity and Climate Research Centre (BiK-F) in collaboration with researchers from Myanmar, indicates in 20 minutes if a patient has been envenomed by a certain species of snake. The use of such tests could save hundreds of thousands of lives each year, especially in developing countries.