{"id":127301,"date":"2021-09-06T06:23:08","date_gmt":"2021-09-06T13:23:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2021\/09\/venom-from-one-of-brazils-largest-snakes-could-be-used-to-fight-covid-bbc-news"},"modified":"2021-09-06T06:23:08","modified_gmt":"2021-09-06T13:23:08","slug":"venom-from-one-of-brazils-largest-snakes-could-be-used-to-fight-covid-bbc-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2021\/09\/venom-from-one-of-brazils-largest-snakes-could-be-used-to-fight-covid-bbc-news","title":{"rendered":"Venom from one of Brazil\u2019s largest snakes could be used to fight Covid \u2014 BBC News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<p><iframe style=\"display: block; margin: 0 auto; width: 100%; aspect-ratio: 4\/3; object-fit: contain;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/A7l6G-Cotvg?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope;\n   picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Brazilian researchers have found that snake venom could be used as a tool in the fight against coronavirus.<\/p>\n<p>Brazilian researchers have found that a molecule in the venom of a type of snake slowed down the reproduction of coronavirus in monkey cells.<\/p>\n<p>The study showed a molecule produced by the Jararacussu pit viper, one of the largest snakes in Brazil, reduced the disease\u2019s ability to multiply by 75%.<\/p>\n<p>The Viper\u2019s venom has enough potency to kill 16 people, but the dangerous snake could potentially help scientists develop a drug to combat Coronavirus.<\/p>\n<p>Please subscribe HERE <a href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/1rbfUog\">http:\/\/bit.ly\/1rbfUog<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>#BBCNews #Coronavirus #Snake<\/p>\n<div class=\"more-link-wrapper\"> <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2021\/09\/venom-from-one-of-brazils-largest-snakes-could-be-used-to-fight-covid-bbc-news\">Continue reading \u201cVenom from one of Brazil\u2019s largest snakes could be used to fight Covid \u2014 BBC News\u201d | &gt;<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Brazilian researchers have found that snake venom could be used as a tool in the fight against coronavirus. Brazilian researchers have found that a molecule in the venom of a type of snake slowed down the reproduction of coronavirus in monkey cells. The study showed a molecule produced by the Jararacussu pit viper, one of [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":609,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-127301","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-biotech-medical"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/127301","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/609"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=127301"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/127301\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=127301"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=127301"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=127301"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}