Over two decades, one brave man turned his body into a living science experiment. Using self-immunization, Tim Friede ...

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

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.

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 ...

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

A man who was bitten more than 200 times by dangerous venomous snakes has helped produce the most potent anti-venom ever made. Tim Friede, a Wisconsin man, has been injecting himself with snake ...

In today’s 3 Brilliant Minutes, Brad Spakowitz tells us more about Tim Friede, how he developed his hyper-immunity, and how his blood could lead to new, life-saving medical treatments.

Tim Friede might be the world's most snakebit person—and his antibodies could hold the key to a truly universal snake ...

The research, published in Cell, describes how two of Friede’s antibodies were combined with varespladib, a drug known to block venom enzymes that harm nerves and muscles. The resulting treatment ...