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

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

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

Learn about the herpetologist who put himself on the line for the sake of scientific discovery and innovation.

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

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

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

Tim Friede has survived hundreds of snakebites—on purpose. For nearly two decades, he let some of the world's most dangerous ...

Mr Friede began injecting himself with venom back in the 2000s to try and create an immunity to his venomous pet snakes, but ...

Tim Friede's extraordinary journey of enduring over 200 snakebites and injecting himself with venom may lead to a ...

Using self-immunization, Tim Friede willingly exposed himself to some of the world’s deadliest snake venoms. Friede’s journey to build immunity has led to a scientific breakthrough ...