Californian autodidact herpetologist Tim Friede has spent the last two decades deliberately injecting himself with hundreds ...

A man who injected himself with snake venom helped create an antivenom that can protect mice from venomous snakes.

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

The man was found to have undertaken "escalating doses" from 16 snake species so lethal they "would normally a kill a horse." ...

Friede, a 57-year-old former construction and factory worker from Wisconsin in the US, has developed a ‘hyper-immunity’ to snake venom that might finally deliver the world from a menace that ...

A revolutionary new antidote neutralizes the venom of 19 of the world’s deadliest snakes, including the mamba, king cobra, ...

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

He used to milk scorpions’ and spiders’ venom as a hobby and kept dozens of snakes at his Wisconsin home. Hoping to protect himself from snake bites — and out of what he calls “simple ...

Now scientists are studying his blood in hopes of creating a better treatment for snake bites. Friede has long had a ...

Credit: Jacobo Reyes-Valasquez Venom extraction from a rattlesnake. The snake is gently induced to bite a parafilm-covered collection cup, after which it is safely released at its original capture ...

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 ...