Even before Sam Raimi used his own interpretation of the Venom character in Spider-Man 3, the Marvel Symbiote is one of the ...

The antibodies in the serum come from the blood of horses, which are injected with the scorpion venom. That makes the Butantan institute's antivenom very important. Chiariello's team carry out their ...

Last year saw more than 11,000 people in Brazil receive scorpion antivenom, mostly in the ... the Instituto Butantan has a steady supply of venom donors. "If ever there was a lack of serum ...