A crisis in the production of antivenoms is killing tens of thousands of people a year. Can scientists harness HIV technology to create a universal defence against the serpents?
hree-year-old Shaibu Musa lies on a hospital trolley, his terrified eyes staring at his swollen right arm. The burning pain seems out of all proportion to the pinpricks left on his hand by the intruder in his bed last night.
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