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

A Wisconsin man has been bitten by snakes hundreds of times, and scientists are studying his blood to treat snakebite.

Scientists have developed a potentially universal antivenom using antibodies from a hyper-immune human donor, offering broad ...

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

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

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

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

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

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 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 long had a ...

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 ...