CBi to develop Snake Venom detector

CBi to develop Snake Venom detector

 Akhila V Krishnan 

Kariavattom: The Centre for Bioinformatics (CBi), University of Kerala, is all set to develop a new biosensor for identifying the snake that bites a person.   Dr. Dileepkumar, a Post Doctoral Fellow in the centre leads the research.

               

                “India has an enormous variety of both poisonous and non-poisonous snakes. Every year about seventy thousand people die in India due to snake bite. One reason for this is the inability to determine which snake has bitten the victim.  The hospitals give a symptomatic treatment for the patient by giving a poly-venom which is a mixture of anti venoms for four types of snakes. At times, this would fail to neutralize the poison, resulting in the death of the victim” he said.

                 

                “The Snake Venom Detection Biosensor would solve this problem by helping to identify the snake. I hope I could come out with the output in eight months.” Mr. Dileep added.

               

                This will be another feather in the cap of the Centre for Bioinformatics. The whole department is eagerly awaiting the achievement.