Scientists have developed a potentially universal antivenom using antibodies from a hyper-immune human donor, offering broad ...

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

Venom from snakes and other animals can have fatal effects if not treated. Venom is a toxic substance and includes various ...

Nine Utrecht researchers to receive NWO grants for groundbreaking and high-risk research ...

A scientific team has created a serum that neutralizes the venom of 19 of the most lethal species, such as the black mamba or ...

Scientists in the United States have created a new snake antivenom using the blood of a man who deliberately built up ...

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 ...

Now scientists are studying his blood in hopes of creating a better treatment for snake bites. Friede has long had a fascination with reptiles and other venomous creatures. He used to milk scorpions' ...

Up until that point, antivenom had only been made by injecting small doses of snake venom into animals, such as horses. As the animal then produces antibodies to fight the poison, researchers ...

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 ...