Tim Friede, a man who injected himself with snake venom, helped create an antivenom that can protect mice from venomous snakes. Researchers hope for human clinical trials one day.

Around 110,000 people die from snakebite every year, according to the World Health Organization. Making antivenom is expensive and difficult.

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. Friede ...

With more than 600 venomous snake species globally—and regional differences even within the same species—this approach is difficult to scale and often inaccessible in the areas where bites are ...

Over nearly 18 years, the man, Tim Friede, 57, injected himself with more than 650 carefully calibrated, escalating doses of venom to build his immunity to 16 deadly snake species.

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 decades, he's let himself be bitten over 200 times by ...

Researchers have published the first example of a synthetic sugar detection test for snake venom, offering a new route to rapid diagnosis and better antivenoms.

He started by injecting himself with small doses of snake venom and then slowly increased the amount to try to build up tolerance. He would then let snakes bite him.

Tim Friede, a man who injected himself with snake venom, helped create an antivenom that can protect mice from venomous snakes. Researchers hope for human clinical trials one day.

He started by injecting himself with small doses of snake venom and then slowly increased the amount to try to build up tolerance. He would then let snakes bite him.