SOMETIME in the late 1970s, Professor Tan Nget Hong from the Department of Molecular Medicine in Universiti Malaya became one of the eight panellists to evaluate the needs of a snake farm for the production of anti-venom against the Malayan pit viper, the Malayan cobra and the local species of sea snakes.
It was an exciting time for the panel members, one of whom would be Professor Stephen Ambu, formerly of the Institute of Medical Research (IMR), the goverment organisation which spearheaded the project.
