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Blood from a snake enthusiast who's been bitten hundreds of times aided the search for a universal snakebite treatment ...
Tim Friede allowed the snakes -- mostly one at a time, but sometimes two -- to sink their sharp fangs into him about 200 ...
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.
Scientists are studying his blood to make snake anti-venom.Around 110,000 people die from snakebite every year.
By using antibodies from a human donor with a self-induced hyper-immunity to snake venom, scientists have developed the most ...
Tim Friede’s self-immunization with venom from deadly snakes led to a new discovery. Researchers used his antibodies to ...
Using the blood of a man with a unique snakebite history, researchers developed an antivenom cocktail that neutralized toxins ...
The blood of a “hyperimmune” man who survived deadly snake venom a staggering 856 times has helped create an anti-venom ...