Tim Friede, a former truck mechanic, intentionally subjected himself to numerous snakebites over two decades, aiming to ...

According to a study published in the journal Cell, the new therapy - made from a cocktail of three components - offers at least partial protection against the venom of the king cobra, black mamba, ...

If you’ve ever spent time in the Australian bush, you’ll know that snakes are just a part of life—albeit a slithery, ...

Co-Director of the Kentucky Reptile Zoo, Jim Harrison, was bitten by a Jameson’s Mamba snake on his hand last Monday.

Tim Friede has injected himself with snake venom 856 times over the last 18 years, and has he's helped create an almost universal antivenom. It all began when the former truck mechanic from Wisconsin ...

A Wisconsin man repeatedly bitten by snakes to build immunity is now helping scientists develop a universal antivenom. His ...

One man’s habit of injecting himself with the venom of the world’s deadliest snakes has led to the creation of a new ...

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

Researchers may have found the key to creating the ultimate snake antivenom, and all it took was someone getting bitten 200 ...

The research, published in Cell, describes how two of Friede’s antibodies were combined with varespladib, a drug known to ...

Bennett True set a goal last summer that others might find unthinkable: to give a live demonstration with highly venomous ...

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