The antitoxin antibodies found in the blood of a Wisconsin man—who voluntarily let snakes bite him for alm0st 20 years—is helping scientists create better antivenom drugs for snakebites.

One man’s habit of injecting himself with the venom of the world’s deadliest snakes has led to the creation of a new antivenom. The team that created it say they could be on a path to developing a ...

Antibodies from the blood of a man who is hyperimmune to various snake venoms could help scientists create an effective antivenom for wider human use. Scientists believe that studying the blood of ...

“The alligators and snakes watched us all night, but they didn’t come close.” Shocked that the caimans (pronounced KAY-men), a species of the alligator family native to Central and South ...

Tim Friede, a Wisconsin resident with a long-standing fascination for venomous creatures, has endured hundreds of snake bites, many self-inflicted, in a quest to build immunity. Now, scientists ...

TAKE A LOOK. YEAH, THAT’S A TWO HEADED SNAKE, ZEKE AND ANGEL AND A CALIFORNIA KING SNAKE, ALSO KNOWN AS ANGEL, GETS ITS DOUBLE HEAD AFTER BEING FUZED AT THE SPINE. OFFICIALS SAY IT’S A RARE 1 ...

NEW YORK (AP) — 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.

In 2001, after working up to it for years, Tim Friede finally allowed himself to be bitten by a snake. He started with venomous cobras because they're dangerous — and because they're what he had ...

Scientists have developed a revolutionary new antidote that works against the venom of some of the world’s deadliest snakes. The antivenom was made using antibodies from a human donor who had ...