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

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, ...

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

Blood from a former construction and factory worker — and self-taught herpetologist — could hold the key to a universal ...

Scientists have developed a groundbreaking antivenom that protects against 19 of the world’s deadliest snakes, including the ...

Researchers took notice of Friede's unique immunity. Dr. Jacob Glanville, CEO of the biotech company Centivax, discovered ...

PREMIUM Self-taught snake enthusiast Tim Friede. (Instagram photo) Behind that clinical language lies the story of Tim Friede, a self-taught snake enthusiast from Wisconsin whose obsession might ...

Tim Friede has been bitten by hundreds of snakes. And now, scientists are studying his blood to create a universal antivenom.

Immunologist Jacob Glanville came across media of a man who had injected himself hundreds of times with the venom of some of ...

Tim Friede, a former truck mechanic, intentionally subjected himself to numerous snakebites over two decades, aiming to develop immunity. His unusual experiment led to a breakthrough in antivenom ...

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