“Today [10/29/25], researchers reported in Nature how a llama and an alpaca were injected with venoms from 18 of the most deadly snakes on the African continent to make a broad-spectrum antivenom, the product of a vast amount of experimental work, spanning years of effort. By isolating antibodies from these animals, expressing more than 3,000 recombinantly in engineered E. coli cells, and combining eight, the resultant antivenom prevented venom-induced death in mice injected with 17 of Africa’s most lethal elapid snake venoms. And while this antivenom has yet to move into phase I trials, it offers greater protection to mice than Inoserp PAN-Africa, a commercial antivenom approved by the WHO that was specifically developed for snakes found in sub-Saharan Africa”

From Asimov Press.