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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.

What's it like to get bit by a venomous snake? "It's like a bee sting times a thousand," Tim Friede says. Tim would know.

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

A man spent 18 years injecting himself with venom, almost dying more than once – and now his blood is behind a new snakebite treatment.

It would be so much easier if your medic or doc just happened to have that kind of treatment readily available, but since there are more than 100 different kinds of snake antivenins ... of injecting ...

Dr Kevin Healy, senior author and head of the macroecology lab at the School of Natural Sciences, said the study will help ...

The researchers used this data to create a map of expected venom types across Russell's viper's range in India, which could be used to predict the clinical symptoms of snake bites in different ...