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

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

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

NEW YORK (AP) — Tim Friede has been bitten by snakes hundreds of times — often on purpose. Now scientists are studying his ...

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

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

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 ...

The planet is home to hundreds of species of snakes that boast venomous bites with the potential to kill a human being. Most ...

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 ...