Tim Friede describes himself as an “autodidact herpetologist and venom expert”. He deliberately immunised himself with increasing doses of a number of snake venoms over an 18-year period ...

A “hyper immune” man has injected himself with the venom from 16 different species of snake to help create an anti-venom “cocktail” that treats multiple different kinds of snake bites.

US-based and self-described snake expert Tim Friede first started collecting deadly snake species in 2000, and then began self-administering their venom in diluted and escalating doses in hopes to ...

Tom Friede slowly increased the amount of venom he was exposed to over a 18-year period to try to build up tolerance. Credit: AP A man in Wisconsin has helped create a groundbreaking snake ...

A WACKY scientist has allowed the world's deadliest snakes to bite him over 200 times to help create an "unparalleled" anti-venom. Tim Friede has been injected by snake toxins over 850 times ...

Tim Freide’s blood now contains antibodies that could reverse previously fatal doses of snake venom. Enduring 200 bites and 700 venom injections from multiple snakes, including some of the world’s ...

The blood of an American who deliberately injected himself with snake venom for nearly two decades has led to an “unparalleled” antivenom, according to scientists. Tim Friede’s antibodies ...

For 18 years Tim Friede intentionally injected himself with more than 700 doses of snake venom and allowed himself to be bitten by over 200 snakes in order to build up a tolerance to various ...

Glanville’s diamond was Tim Friede, a self-taught snake expert based in California who exposed himself to the venom of snakes over the course of nearly 18 years, effectively gaining immunity to ...

Glanville’s diamond was Tim Friede, a self-taught snake expert based in California who exposed himself to the venom of snakes over the course of nearly 18 years, effectively gaining immunity to ...