Say you survived a certain disease,
Your body has created a set of anti bodies that hell with that certain disease, now, if you donate blood, will said antibodies help a person who has never contracted said disease?
(sorry for the poor english)
In: Biology
Thats exactly what snake antivenin is.
Small quantities of the toxin (snake venom, spider venom, etc) are injected into a horse and its serum containing antibodies is collected.
The serum is purified and injected into a snake bite victim. That lasts for a short while.
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