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

Learn more about the antibodies of a self-immunizing donor that could help create a universal snake antivenom.

A Wisconsin man voluntarily injected himself with snake venom and let various snakes bite him for 20 years. His blood may ...

Brian Otieno for The New York Times Mr. Friede’s first snake encounter, a harmless bite by a garter snake at ... the treatment in Australia in any dogs that are brought into veterinary clinics ...

Scientists identified antibodies that neutralized the poison in whole or in part from the bites of cobras, mambas and other ...

When a pioneering scientist heard about a US man injecting himself with snake venom 856 times over ... a broad-spectrum antivenom that treats bites from 19 species, including Australia's eastern ...

A man who injected himself with snake venom helped create an antivenom that can protect mice from venomous snakes.

Scientists have created a broadly effective antivenom using the blood of a Wisconsin man who has spent years exposing himself ...

The researchers now plan to expand the trials to treat dogs that have been brought to veterinary clinics after receiving snake bites, according to the release. Prior to this research, the process ...

Tim Friede voluntarily received those bites as part of a self-immunization process using escalating doses, which made him ...

The team hopes to begin a small trial in Australia soon, and with owner’s permission, offer the drug to 30 or 40 dogs who present to a vet clinic with a snake bite. Dr Glanville said ...