Knowledge from the UCR Will Save Lives in Sri Lanka

  • The Clodomiro Picado Institute of the University of Costa Rica (ICP-UCR) will send 2,500 vials of antivenom

Jenniffer Jiménez Córdoba, Periodista, Journalist of the Divulgation and Information Office Lidiette Guerrero Portilla, Journalist of the Divulgation and Information Office

Fuente: Costa Rica University

This is the antiophidic serum produced at the ICP-UCR that will be sent to Sri Lanka. It inhibits the venom of the three most venomous snakes in this country (photo Jenniffer Jiménez Córdoba).

The Clodomiro Picado Institute of the University of Costa Rica (ICP-UCR) has more than 40 years of existence; but today, its scientific knowledge and technological experience have joined forces one more time; this time, to take on the challenge of producing an antiophidic serum to neutralize venoms from the three most venomous species of snakes in Sri Lanka with onesingle antidote.