{"id":27174,"date":"2018-10-23T11:10:09","date_gmt":"2018-10-23T05:40:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.forumias.com\/?p=27174"},"modified":"2018-10-23T11:10:09","modified_gmt":"2018-10-23T05:40:09","slug":"search-for-a-highly-potent-anti-snake-venom","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/search-for-a-highly-potent-anti-snake-venom\/","title":{"rendered":"Search for a highly potent anti-snake venom"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.co.in\/url?sa=t&amp;rct=j&amp;q=&amp;esrc=s&amp;source=web&amp;cd=1&amp;cad=rja&amp;uact=8&amp;ved=0ahUKEwjYsIr0usnWAhXJpo8KHWPPDwAQqOcBCCowAA&amp;url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.thehindu.com%2Fnews%2Fcities%2Fmumbai%2Fsearch-for-a-highly-potent-anti-snake-venom%2Farticle19771374.ece&amp;usg=AFQjCNEeL6PYN1af-b8BSSxI2jgmKUbOtw\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Search for a highly potent anti-snake venom<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">:<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Context:<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Research on venom of snakes<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>What is the news all about?<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Madras Crocodile Bank Trust (MCBT) is researching the venom of snakes from different Indian regions in order to create a highly potent Anti Snake Venom (ASV).<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>What is the importance of this project?<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Besides mortality, snakebite survivors often have to live with severe morbidity, including tissue damage and necrosis, amputations, and kidney failure.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The aim of the ongoing research project is to determine the efficacy of the existing ASV against these venoms collected from various parts of the country<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Four snake species cause the most number of snakebite deaths in India<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A highly potent \u00a0Anti Snake Venom (ASV) is crucial for two reasons:<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ol>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> It will offer better relief for snakebite victims<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It will reduce the quantity of ASV required for treatment<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><b>What are the challenges?<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Producing ASV is a tedious process that involves injecting venom from four different species of snakes into horses. <\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">One horse can produce up to 50 vials of ASV depending on the weight of the animal.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">There is only one venom extraction centre in the country, in Tamil Nadu which functions under the aegis of the Ministry of Commerce and Industry in Tamil Nadu<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Search for a highly potent anti-snake venom: Context: Research on venom of snakes What is the news all about? The Madras Crocodile Bank Trust (MCBT) is researching the venom of snakes from different Indian regions in order to create a highly potent Anti Snake Venom (ASV). What is the importance of this project? 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