American worker helps invent super-antidote against all types of snakes

Tim Friede, an American auto mechanic, was often bitten by various vermin at work, and once he survived an attack by two cobras at once and almost died. And then he realized that something had to be done about it.

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American worker helps invent super-antidote against all types of snakes

He was very friendly towards snakes, to such an extent that he began collecting them, and with benefit. He collected them not only out of idle curiosity, but also in order to create perfect immunity for himself. The man began to expose himself to the bites of various snakes in very measured doses, but specifically, and when they were not nearby, he injected himself with poison. In just 18 years, he was bitten more than 200 times, and he gave himself more than 700 injections. As a result, he is now immune to any of the known snake venoms, and his blood is a universal antidote that will save you from any bite of any snake. Scientists are wildly delighted with his blood, although they grumble about the inhumanity of his methods.

"We didn't advise Frida to do this, and no one else should have to do this again," says Jacob Glanville, chief executive of the biomedical company Centivax in South San Francisco, California.

This is a real revolution in medicine, because snake venom kills more than 140 thousand people worldwide every year. Modern antidotes are obtained by injecting snake venom into horses and other animals, and then collecting the resulting antibodies. Each antidote protects against the venom of a maximum of several species of snakes. Tim Fried solved the problem once and for all.