Glanville’s diamond was Tim Friede, a self-taught snake expert based in California who exposed himself to the venom of snakes over the course of nearly 18 years, effectively gaining immunity to ...

US-based and self-described snake expert Tim Friede first started collecting deadly snake species in 2000, and then began self-administering their venom in diluted and escalating doses in hopes to ...

This breakthrough aims to replace traditional animal-based antivenom production, offering broader, safer global protection from snake venom. A man who was bitten more than 200 times by dangerous ...

Thanks to the efforts of a "hyperimmune" man who injected himself with snake venom a staggering 856 times over nearly two decades, U.S. scientists have been able to develop an "antivenom cocktail ...

Tim Friede voluntarily injected himself 856 times with snake venom from some of the world’s deadliest species. While some may call it reckless, he calls it self-immunization. In a study led by ...

Tim Freide’s blood now contains antibodies that could reverse previously fatal doses of snake venom. Enduring 200 bites and 700 venom injections from multiple snakes, including some of the world’s ...

He used to milk scorpions' and spiders' venom as a hobby and kept dozens of snakes at his Wisconsin home. Hoping to protect himself from snake bites — and out of what he calls “simple ...