Self-taught venom expert Tim Friede has voluntarily injected himself with snake venom 856 times across 18 years. Now, in spite of the odds, Friede's extremely dangerous hobby has led scientists to ...

For nearly two decades, Tim Friede turned his body into a testing ground. Not for science, at first—but for survival. He was a truck mechanic in Wisconsin with a love for snakes. But Friede didn’t ...

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A new scientific breakthrough could reshape how the world responds to deadly snakebites. Thanks to antibodies found in the blood of a man who has spent nearly two decades building immunity to snake ...

NEW YORK — Tim Friede has been bitten by snakes hundreds of times — often on purpose. Now scientists are studying his blood in hopes of creating a better treatment for snake bites. Friede has long had ...

Australian researchers discovered that current eastern brown snake antivenoms may not work the same for all bites.

This 10-year-old is selling her family's cows to help raise funds for those who rescued her when she suffered a potentially ...