ATLANTA — Immunologist Jacob Glanville came across media reports in 2017 of a man who had injected himself hundreds of times with the venom of some of the world's deadliest snakes, including cobras, ...
TL;DR: Tim Friede's self-immunization against venomous snakes led to the discovery of potent antibodies enabling a new universal antivenom effective against 13 snake species. This breakthrough aims to ...
A universal snake antivenom might soon be within reach—thanks to one man’s strange and dangerous obsession. For nearly two decades, Tim Friede has deliberately injected himself with venom from some of ...
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