Prof Christiane Berger Schaffitzel has been interviewed by The Scientist about research on the composition of snake venom. 

The article (How Climate Influences a Deadly Snake’s Venom Chemistry) focuses on new research from the Indian Institute of Science published by PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, that shows “climate influences the biochemical composition of Russell’s viper venom”. 

Christiane says: “This is very comprehensive data, nicely analyzed in a systematic way…It’s absolutely important to understand the local variation of venom, because it has a very immediate consequence for the antivenom efficacy that is administered…The same [analysis] should be done for [other regions] where snakebite and envenoming is a problem.”