A new antivenom relies on antibodies from the blood of Tim Friede, who immunized himself against snakebites by injecting increasing doses of venom into his body.

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

In fact, 20–30% of cobra bites result in no envenomation, meaning that even when a bite occurs, the venom is not delivered into the victim’s tissue. Snakes, such as cobras, use their venom for ...

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

A cobra’s bite is very poisonous, right? Yes. There are three types of venomous snakes in Malaysia: the cobra, the pit viper and the sea snake.

Among them: He said after one bad snake bite he had to cut off part of his finger. And some particularly nasty cobra bites sent him to the hospital. Friede is now employed by Centivax, a company ...