Usha Lee McFarling is a former STAT reporter. Theirs is an unusual scientific collaboration, to say the least. Jacob Glanville is an immunologist, who worked for the pharma giant Pfizer before ...

The antitoxin antibodies found in the blood of a Wisconsin man—who voluntarily let snakes bite him for alm0st 20 years—is helping scientists create better antivenom drugs for snakebites. By combing ...

For nearly 18 years, Tim Friede injected himself with doses of venom from the world’s deadliest snakes. A snake enthusiast, Friede was regularly at risk of snakebites and always kept vials of ...