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

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

NEW YORK (AP) — Tim Friede has been bitten by snakes hundreds of times — often on purpose. Now scientists are studying his ...

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

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

A man who injected himself with snake venom helped create an antivenom that can protect mice from venomous snakes. Researchers hope for human clinical trials one day.

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

The breakthrough is one step closer towards the creation of a universal snake antivenom that can save thousands of lives every year.Tim Friede's extraordinary path has resulted in a scientific ...

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