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.

Tim Friede voluntarily received those bites as part of a self-immunization process using escalating doses, which made him ...

Scientists took blood from Tim Friede, who, according to his online biography, began self-administering diluted venom as a ...

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

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By using antibodies from a human donor with a self-induced hyper-immunity to snake venom, scientists have developed the most ...

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Scientists have created a broadly effective antivenom using the blood of a Wisconsin man who has spent years exposing himself to deadly snakebites. (This story first aired on All Things Considered on ...

Maybe he’s mastered parseltongue too?Tim Friede, an ex-truck mechanic from California, has single-handedly altered the course of antivenom production ...