The man who left himself bites more than 200 times of toxic snakes and can be “Antivenene’s final”
propagandaScientists believe that studying the blood of a biting man Poisonous snakesMore than 200 times -intentionally – I can reveal the ability to better create anti -snake. Tim Freddy was fascinated by reptiles and other toxic creatures for a long time. As a hobby, he extracted the poison of scorpions and spiders, and he had dozens of snakes at his home in WisconsinUSA.
Hoping to protect from snake bites – and what he calls “simple curiosity” – began to pump small doses of Snake Then the amount was gradually increasing to try to tolerate. Then let the snakes bite it. “At first I was very afraid”Dice Freddy. “But the more you do, the more you give you, the more you are with him.”. Although there is no medical physician or emergency technician – no one, in fact – will indicate that this or remotely is a good idea, experts claim that their method follows the performance of the body.
What happens when the snake bites you?
When the immune system is exposed to Toxins toxinsDeveloping Antibodies It can neutralize poison. If a small amount of poison, the organism can react before it is overwhelmed. If the poison you have seen before, it can interact more quickly and deal with the main exhibitions.
Farid resisted snake and injections for about two decades, and He still has a refrigerator full of poison. In the videos posted on his YouTube channel, he displays brands of swollen fangs in his arms by Black Mamba Bites, Taipán and Water Cobra. “I wanted to approach as possible to death, to an amazing extent and then return,” explains.
But Freddy also wanted to help. Send e -mail messages to all the scientists who found them, and asked them to study the tolerance that took place. It is necessary: according to Global Health Organization (From), about 110,000 people die every year of the snake bite. but The manufacture of the antidote is expensive and difficult. It is often created by injecting large mammals, such as horses, and collecting antibodies that produce them. These antagonists are only effective against some types of snake, sometimes they can produce negative reactions due to their inhumane origin.
When Peter Coong, from the University of Colombia, heard from Freddy, “Wow, this is very unusual. He is a very special person with amazing antibodies that he created for 18 years.” In study Posted on Friday in the magazine “Cell”Kwong and its collaborators explain what they were able to do with Freddy’s Farid’s blood. Determine the two antibodies This neutralizes the poison of many different types of snakes, with the aim of producing treatment that can provide wide protection.
In years of human use
It is a very initial investigation. Antibiotics It was only tested in miceAnd the researchers are still years of human rehearsals. Although its experimental treatment is promising against the group of snakes that include Mambas and Cobras, it is not effective against SnakeWhich includes snakes such as bells.
“Despite promising, There is a lot of work to do it“Nicholas Caswell, a snake bites at the Liverpool College of Tropical Medicine (which did not participate in the study), confirms in an email sent to the Associated Press news agency.
Freddy’s journey has not been exempt from setbacks. For example, It was necessary to cut a portion of a finger after the snake bite. Some of the special unpleasant cobra bites sent to the hospital. Friede now works for Centivax, a company that tries to develop treatment that helped pushing the study. The idea that he has 18 -Year -odysse You can save souls one day from snake bites, but your message to those who are encouraged to follow their simple steps: “Don’t do that,” he says.
