Tim Friede is director of herpetology at Centivax, a biotechnology company based in California. He devoted more than 15 years of his life to self-experimentation, gradually building up his immunity to ...

Tim Friede, a herpetologist and venom expert, has spent two decades voluntarily letting hundreds of deadly venomous snakes bite him courtesy Tim Friede A man who was bitten by more than 200 species of ...

A new Cell study suggests human-derived antibodies—first found in the blood of self-taught snake handler Tim Friede—can help form a broad antivenom. In mouse tests, the cocktail protected against ...

For nearly two decades, an American mechanic turned self-taught snake expert has done something that sounds suicidal at first glance: he has let some of the world’s deadliest snakes bite him and has ...

Katie has a PhD in maths, specializing in the intersection of dynamical systems and number theory. She reports on topics from maths and history to society and animals. Katie has a PhD in maths, ...

One man is opening up about willingly being bitten by more than 200 snakes — and scientists believe their research on his built-up immunity to venomous snake bites could help future snakebite victims.