
This Man Survived Lots of of Lethal Snakebites. His Blood Holds the Key to a Potent New Antivenom.
For practically 18 years, Tim Friede injected himself with doses of venom from the world’s deadliest snakes. A snake fanatic, Friede was repeatedly prone to snakebites and all the time stored vials of antivenom round. He started to surprise: Can I construct up tolerance to snake venom? After greater than 850 injections at escalating doses…