Jacob Glanville, the CEO of a biotech company called Centivax, had a mission: to develop a universal antivenom against ...

Tim Friede turned his body into a testing ground. Not for science, at first—but for survival. He was a truck mechanic in ...

One man’s habit of injecting himself with the venom of the world’s deadliest snakes has led to the creation of a new ...

Scientists have made a potent antivenom using antibodies from a man who has been bitten hundreds of times by venomous snakes.

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

Tim Friede, a former truck mechanic, intentionally subjected himself to numerous snakebites over two decades, aiming to ...

Experts have long called for better ways to treat snakebites, which kill some 200 people a day, mainly in the developing ...

Mr Friede began injecting himself with venom back in the 2000s to try and create an immunity to his venomous pet snakes, but ...

A Wisconsin man repeatedly bitten by snakes to build immunity is now helping scientists develop a universal antivenom. His ...

Tim Friede might be the world's most snakebit person—and his antibodies could hold the key to a truly universal snake ...

Researchers may have found the key to creating the ultimate snake antivenom, and all it took was someone getting bitten 200 ...