More than 80,000 people globally die every year from snake bites, according to the World Health Organization. But Tim Friede ...

What's it like to get bit by a venomous snake? "It's like a bee sting times a thousand," Tim Friede says. Tim would know.

A new antivenom relies on antibodies from the blood of Tim Friede, who immunized himself against snakebites by injecting increasing doses of venom into his body.

Learn about the herpetologist who put himself on the line for the sake of scientific discovery and innovation.

Blood from a former construction and factory worker — and self-taught herpetologist — could hold the key to a universal ...

A Wisconsin man has been bitten by snakes hundreds of times, and scientists are studying his blood to treat snakebite.

Friede, a former truck mechanic with no formal scientific training, had been fascinated by snakes since childhood.

Tim Friede, a former truck mechanic, intentionally subjected himself to numerous snakebites over two decades, aiming to develop immunity. His unusual experiment led to a breakthrough in antivenom ...

What's it like to get bit by a venomous snake? "It's like a bee sting times a thousand," Tim Friede says. Tim would know. Over the past few... A man let snakes bite him for years. He could be the ...

Tim Friede has survived hundreds of snakebites—on purpose. For nearly two decades, he let some of the world's most dangerous ...

A man has deliberately allowed himself to be bitten by snakes more than 200 times in a bold attempt to develop a ...