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Antivenom starts with a horse's immune system
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The cure for a deadly snakebite starts in a stable. Toxicologists inject trace amounts of lethal venom into massive farm animals like horses or sheep. The animal's robust immune system produces specific antibodies, which are later bled out, purified, and bottled for human use. You survive a rattlesnake strike by borrowing a horse's superhuman blood.
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