Venomous snake with protein models (IMAGE)

University of Washington School of Medicine/UW Medicine

Venomous snake with protein models

Caption

A poisonous red spitting cobra (Naja pallida) in front of a model of a toxic snake protein (orange) and a designed antitoxin protein. 

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Kate Zvorykina/Ella Maru Studio

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