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Jacob Glanville, the CEO of a biotech company called Centivax, had a mission: to develop a universal antivenom against ...
Tim Friede has injected himself with snake venom hundreds of times, and subjected himself to more than 200 bites. Now, ...
Scientists have developed a potentially universal antivenom using antibodies from a hyper-immune human donor, offering broad ...
Scientists identified antibodies that neutralized the poison in whole or in part from the bites of cobras, mambas and other ...
Combined with a small molecule inhibitor, this could help create a universal antiserum. When working with a typical antivenom ...
Scientists have developed a groundbreaking antivenom that protects against 19 of the world’s deadliest snakes, including the ...
Learn about the herpetologist who put himself on the line for the sake of scientific discovery and innovation.
Blood from a former construction and factory worker — and self-taught herpetologist — could hold the key to a universal ...
The man was found to have undertaken "escalating doses" from 16 snake species so lethal they "would normally a kill a horse." ...
A Wisconsin man voluntarily injected himself with snake venom and let various snakes bite him for 20 years. His blood may ...
Tim Friede might be the world's most snakebit person—and his antibodies could hold the key to a truly universal snake ...
Self-taught venom expert Tim Friede has voluntarily injected himself with snake venom 856 times across 18 years.