This is the VOA Special English Health Report.

Researchers are finding new ways to save snakebitevictims. Experts discussed the latest findings during a recent meeting of the American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene.

Scientists in Australia have shown that a chemical called nitric oxide could increase the chances of surviving a poisonous snakebite. The scientists injected rats with deadly amounts of snake venom. Then they rubbed an ointmentcontaining nitric oxide on the skin around the injection site.