It sounds like the origin story of a superhero, but there's nothing fictional about what Tim Friede's accomplished. Since ...

Key Takeaways Tim Friede let deadly snakes bite him over 200 times to build immunityScientists found his blood contains ...

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

Scientists have created what they believe to be the most broadly effective antivenom to date — and its key ingredient came ...

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

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

A man who injected himself with snake venom helped create an antivenom that can protect mice from venomous snakes.

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

A man who has been injecting himself with snake venom for the past 18 years has now been used to create the most broadly ...

Tim Friede voluntarily received those bites as part of a self-immunization process using escalating doses, which made him ...

Californian herpetologist Tim Friede has spent the last two decades deliberately injecting himself with hundreds of snake venom shots, all in an attempt to make him immune to fatal bites.