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1 .This is Scientific American 60-Second Health. I'm Dina Fine Maron. Got a minute?
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2 .Snakes still kill tens of thousands of people each year.
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3 .Giving the antidote quickly can be the difference between life and death.
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4 .But many bite victims cannot identify the species of their slithering assailants.
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5 .Which leaves health care workers to make educated guesses about treatment.
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6 .Now a first-of-its-kind study finds that it's possible to analyze snake DNA left in the victim's wound to identify the snake and thus the correct antivenom.
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7 .The preliminary findings were presented November 4th at the annual meeting of the American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene in New Orleans.
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8 .Researchers collected samples from fang wounds from 749 people at three health centers in Nepal.
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9 .They isolated snake DNA, sequenced it and compared it to sequences in a snake DNA database.
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10 .Ultimately they managed to identify snakes responsible for 194 bites, 87 of which had harmful venom.
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11 .Such intricate genetic analysis is still not available in most settings, but could lead to speedier diagnostic methods for bite victims.
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12 .The research team hopes to devise a fast test that would at least rule out certain common venomous snakes.
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13 .The test would analyze DNA along bite marks and scan it for telltale signs of specific poisonous predators.
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14 .Thanks for the minute, for Scientific American 60-Second Health. I'm Dina Fine Maron.
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