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

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

Tim Friede, a former truck mechanic, intentionally subjected himself to numerous snakebites over two decades, aiming to develop immunity. His unusual experiment led to a breakthrough in antivenom ...

Tim Friede has injected himself with snake venom hundreds of times, and subjected himself to more than 200 bites. Now, ...

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

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

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 856 times over the last 18 years, and has he's helped create an almost ...

PREMIUM Self-taught snake enthusiast Tim Friede. (Instagram photo) Behind that clinical language lies the story of Tim Friede, a self-taught snake enthusiast from Wisconsin whose obsession might ...

Researchers took notice of Friede's unique immunity. Dr. Jacob Glanville, CEO of the biotech company Centivax, discovered Friede's story and believed that his blood could aid in creating antibodies ...

A new snakebite treatment combines an existing drug with antibodies from a hyperimmune reptile collector, raising both hopes ...