Tim Friede turned his body into a testing ground. Not for science, at first—but for survival. He was a truck mechanic in ...

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

Scientists identified antibodies that neutralized the poison in whole or in part from the bites of cobras, mambas and other ...

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

A man who injected himself with snake venom helped create an antivenom that can protect mice from venomous snakes. Researchers hope for human clinical trials one day.

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

In 2001, after working up to it for years, Tim Friede finally allowed himself to be bitten by a snake. He started with ...

A Wisconsin man voluntarily injected himself with snake venom and let various snakes bite him for 20 years. His blood may ...

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

NEW YORK -- Tim Friede has been bitten by snakes hundreds of times -- often on purpose. Now scientists are studying his blood in hopes of creating a better treatment for snake bites. Friede has ...