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He spent 18 years to inject herself with snake poison-voluntarily. It has become important for medicine, which seeks to heal poison people who are already part of their blood.
Tim Friede, an American Snakes specializing, exposed herself to the poison of snakes over almost 18 years. As what does not kill makes us stronger, this man of bizarre interests eventually developed Immunity to several neurotoxins.
“I looked at that and thought: There is a jewel here to cut, tells immunologist Jacob Gianville, who came across news about this man in 2017.“ We had this conversation. And I said: I know it’s strange, but I’m really interested in analyzing your blood“, Says the immunologist.” And he replied, “Finally, I was already waiting for this phone call.”
Now, with the help of this unexpected involuntary (or voluntary) scientist, capable ofRoteger against Mordurates of 19 species of poisonous snakes – At least in rats – based on antibodies they found in Tim Friede’s blood and a drug.
The snake bites kill about 200 people a dayin particular in developing countries, and leave about 400,000 people a year with some kind of disability.
Now, scientists have been able to create a mixture that they believe they are able to solve this problem: two Tim Friede’s isolated antibodies (the LNX-D09, for example, protected mice from lethal doses of six of the species), and a small molecule drug, the varespladibwhich inhibits an enzyme in 95% of snake bites.
“May I know, the TIM history has no parallel. It involved very different species from all continents with snakes, and itAnd it was alternating poisons Over the course of 17 years and nine months, keeping meticulous records all the time, ”explains Glanville.
But leaves a warning: “However, we strongly advise that someone try to do what Tim did, Snake poison is dangerous“.
