The weather has warmed up nicely this week, but the added heat comes with a warning from the East Bay Regional Parks District ...

A new snakebite treatment combines an existing drug with antibodies from a hyperimmune reptile collector, raising both hopes ...

The antitoxin antibodies found in the blood of a Wisconsin man—who voluntarily let snakes bite him for alm0st 20 years—is ...

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

Experts have long called for better ways to treat snakebites, which kill some 200 people a day, mainly in the developing ...

Tim Friede might be the world's most snakebit person—and his antibodies could hold the key to a truly universal snake ...

The research, published in Cell, describes how two of Friede’s antibodies were combined with varespladib, a drug known to ...

Key Takeaways Tim Friede let deadly snakes bite him over 200 times to build immunityScientists found his blood contains ...

Rattlesnakes are found throughout Colorado and can be identified by their rattle, triangular head, and thick body. If you encounter a rattlesnake, freeze, locate it, and back away slowly. Never ...

Scientists have created what they believe to be the most broadly effective antivenom to date — and its key ingredient came ...

A cocktail of 3 agents provides broad protection against 13 deadly snakes, but a ‘universal antivenom’ isn’t on the horizon ...