Learn about the herpetologist who put himself on the line for the sake of scientific discovery and innovation.

Friede, a former truck mechanic with no formal scientific training, had been fascinated by snakes since childhood.

Tim Friede has survived hundreds of snakebites—on purpose. For nearly two decades, he let some of the world's most dangerous ...

Tim Friede has injected himself with snake venom hundreds of times, and subjected himself to more than 200 bites. Now, ...

A new snakebite treatment combines an existing drug with antibodies from a hyperimmune reptile collector, raising both hopes ...

The antitoxin antibodies found in the blood of a Wisconsin man—who voluntarily let snakes bite him for alm0st 20 years—is ...

One man’s habit of injecting himself with the venom of the world’s deadliest snakes has led to the creation of a new ...

American man voluntarily subjects himself to 200 snake bites and hundreds of venom injections to craft the ultimate ...

Over about two decades, Tim Friede has allowed venomous snakes to ... has developed a tolerance to many of the world’s deadliest snake species. “My first couple bites were really crazy ...

The antivenom combines the existing drug varespladib with antibodies that are copies of those in the blood of Tim Friede, a US snake collector who has given himself more than 600 doses of venom to ...

In this edition of Newsmaker, John Hook interviews ASU Professor Hitendra Chaturvedi on President Trump's economic impact, followed by a conversation with Tim Friede, known as "Snake Man." ...