Dr. Perez has been teaching and conducting snake venom research at the University for over 25 years.
Snakes are venomous animals that use their venom for capturing and digesting prey.
Medical emergencies are created when humans are envenomated. Yet, certain warm-blooded animals have a natural resistance to snake venom. The lab is interested in the mechanism by which naturally occurring antihemorrhagins neutralize hemorrhagic activity in snake venoms. The antihemorrhagins isolated are not antibodies and do not form precipitates. The antihemorrhagins have molecular weights which are less than antibodies.