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

A former truck driver from California has been on a nearly 20-year journey of injecting himself with snake venom and his ...

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 ...

Dr Surajit Giri faced a moment that would shape the rest of his career. A woman bitten by a snake was rushed into emergency ...

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

"I was put in ICU after two cobra bites and I dropped in a coma for four days." Friede recovered and with time, became more ...

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.

Snakes are a significant part of nature, but many people choose to stay away from them– and for good reason. While some ...

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 ...