You must have heard and read about many strange people in the world, but an American man did something that no one can even imagine. While people run away from snakes, this man got himself bitten by snakes like cobra 200 times. The name of this man who lives in America is Tim Fried.
Actually, Tim Fried wanted to make himself immune to snake venom. He wanted the world to get such an antivenom (medicine to neutralize snake venom) that would neutralize the venom of all poisonous snakes. Tim even went into coma once after getting bitten by a snake, but this feat of his has done wonders.
Now a medicine that can neutralize snake venom has been made using Tim Fried's blood. Tim has gotten himself bitten by snakes 200 times in 20 years. Due to this, his blood has developed the ability to neutralize snake venom. Now a medicine has been made using his blood. Scientists said that Tim's blood has such antibodies that can protect against many kinds of venomous snakes. These antibodies have been tested on animals, which have been successful in protecting against deadly venom.
According to a media report, the antivenoms that are available now work only on the venom of a specific kind of snakes. Whereas with the 20 years of hard work of Tim Fried, such an antivenom has been made that can be useful in case of any snake bite.
Tim injected snake venom into his body : - Tim Fried injected himself with venom from the world's most dangerous snakes, including mamba, cobra, taipan and krait, over 700 times. Tim was a truck mechanic earlier. He told a news channel that once two cobra snakes bit him very quickly. Due to this, he went into a coma, but he did not give up. His goal was to develop a better treatment for the people of the world and he kept trying for this.
Till now, to make antivenom, a little snake venom has been injected into animals like horses. Their immunity system fights the venom by making antibodies and then they are removed and treated. However, it is necessary to match the venom and antivenom, because when a poisonous snake bites, the venom is different from one species to another. The biggest thing is that there is a difference even within a species. For example, the antivenom made from snakes in India is less effective on snakes of the same species in Sri Lanka.
How Tim helped : - A team of researchers started searching for a special immunity defense. It is called broadly neutralizing antibodies. During this time, Dr. Jacob Glanville, Chief Executive Officer of biotech company Centivax, got information about Tim Fried. Jacob said that I thought if anyone in the world has developed these broadly neutralizing antibodies, it would be Tim. So I contacted him and he agreed.
Currently, the team of researchers is trying to further improve the antibodies. They are trying to find out whether adding a fourth component can provide complete protection from the venom of the elapid snake. The findings of the researchers published in the journal Cell report the identification of two broadly neutralizing antibodies that can target two classes of neurotoxins.
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