Cheap, innovative venom treatments could save tens of thousands of snakebite victims

New attention brings hope for people in poor, farming areas

Pit viper

Venomous snakes, like this green pit viper, common in India and Southeast Asia, disproportionately attack people in poor, rural areas.

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When Nigerian physician Garba Iliyasu was 10, a venomous snake bit a family member.