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Is former truck mechanic Tim Friede may be key in creating anti-venom biotech
Tim Friede, a 57-year-old former truck mechanic, spent 18 years subjecting himself to snake bites and venom injections in an ...
He injected himself with snake venom hundreds of times. His blood could ‘revolutionize’ snakebite treatment
A man who injected himself with snake venom helped create an antivenom that can protect mice from venomous snakes.
Blood of US man who endured 200 snake bites, 700 venom shots is being used to created universal anti-venom
Californian autodidact herpetologist Tim Friede has spent the last two decades deliberately injecting himself with hundreds ...
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Snake enthusiast survived hundreds of bites. Now his blood is aiding the search for a universal antivenom
Blood from a snake enthusiast who's been bitten hundreds of times aided the search for a universal snakebite treatment ...
How did the ‘air-dried chaplain’ die? New research reveals secrets of Austrian mummy
This week, uncover the secrets of an 18th century mummy, meet an ancestor of unusual modern mammals, see the sun like never ...
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Snake Man: His Immunity Might Cure Bites
Tim Friede has spent nearly two decades building immunity to venom and now scientists are using his blood to help create a ...
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Super Antibodies: Revolutionizing Snake Antivenom Production
Scientists have developed a new snake antivenom by using the blood of Tim Friede, who immunized himself with snake venoms ...