Scientists have made a potent antivenom using antibodies from a man who has been bitten hundreds of times by venomous snakes. The therapy protects mice against the venoms of 19 species of deadly snake ...

Tim Friede, a former truck mechanic, intentionally subjected himself to numerous snakebites over two decades, aiming to ...

A man who injected himself with snake venom helped create an antivenom that can protect mice from venomous snakes.

Californian autodidact herpetologist Tim Friede has spent the last two decades deliberately injecting himself with hundreds ...

Tim Friede has been bitten by snakes hundreds of times — often on purpose. Now scientists are studying his blood in hopes of ...

A man who has been injecting himself with snake venom for the past 18 years has now been used to create the most broadly ...

US' Tim Friede endured 200 venomous snake bites over 18 years to build immunity-now, antibodies in his blood may help ...

Glanville’s diamond was Tim Friede, a self-taught snake expert based in California who exposed himself to the venom of snakes over the course of nearly 18 years, effectively gaining immunity to ...