NewsHealth & MedicineLethal snake venom may be countered by new AI-designed proteinsAn artificial intelligence tool designs proteins that match toxins scientists want to target When snakes like this Mozambique spitting cobra bite, they deliver potent toxins to victims via their venom. AI-designed proteins that stick to these toxins could one day be part of new antivenom therapies.Digital Vision/gettyimagesBy Meghan Rosen17 seconds agoArtificial intelligence could take the bite out of snake venom.Using AI, scientists have designed proteins that say not so fassst to toxins wielded by cobras and other venomous snakes. Its a proof-of-concept approach that could one day offer a new treatment for snakebites. In lab experiments, the custom proteins saved the lives of mice given an otherwise lethal dose of toxins, researchers report January 15 in Nature.These proteins are really doing their job, says Michael Hust, an antibody researcher at the Technical University of Braunschweig in Germany who was not involved with the new research. The mice are surviving. This is what we all want.