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The world’s most venomous snakes bit this man over 200 TIMES... and scientists are happy about it! Let me explain… Every year about 2.7 million people are bitten by venomous snakes. When this venom enters your bloodstream, in minutes or hours, it can cause tissue and neurological damage. The only way to counteract this is with antivenom, which attaches to the components of venom and blocks it from binding to tissues, blood cells, or nerves. The problem is… Now, scientists believe this could hold the key to an "unparalleled" breakthrough in antivenom. Subscribe for more optimistic science and tech stories! #science #snake #historyfacts #animation

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00:00The world's most venomous snakes bit this guy over 200 times, and scientists are happy
00:07about it.
00:08Let me explain.
00:09Every year, an estimated 2.7 million people are bitten by venomous snakes.
00:13So when venom enters your bloodstream, in minutes or hours it can cause tissue or neurological
00:17damage.
00:18And the only way to counteract this is with antivenom, which attaches to components of
00:21the venom and blocks it from binding to tissues or blood cells or nerves.
00:25The problem is that antivenom for a cobra is completely different from antivenom for
00:29a rattlesnake and etc.
00:30But if, say, someone were to spend two decades building up a tolerance to snake venom by allowing
00:36themselves to get bitten 200 times, something unique happens.
00:41This man's body developed antibodies that seemed to attack groups of toxins, and scientists
00:46now believe that he may hold the key to an unparalleled breakthrough in antivenom.
00:50If you need more optimistic science and tech stories, subscribe.

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