Ari Daniel

So today on the show, the anti-venom man. We're talking about a different approach to developing a treatment to venomous snake bites and the researchers who use Tim Friede's antibodies to do it. Antibodies developed over a nearly quarter century of self-inflicted bites. You're listening to Shortwave, the science podcast from NPR.

So today on the show, the anti-venom man. We're talking about a different approach to developing a treatment to venomous snake bites and the researchers who use Tim Friede's antibodies to do it. Antibodies developed over a nearly quarter century of self-inflicted bites. You're listening to Shortwave, the science podcast from NPR.

So today on the show, the anti-venom man. We're talking about a different approach to developing a treatment to venomous snake bites and the researchers who use Tim Friede's antibodies to do it. Antibodies developed over a nearly quarter century of self-inflicted bites. You're listening to Shortwave, the science podcast from NPR.

OK, Ari, I think the first thing I want to understand is, like, what is antivenom? Like, what is it made out of exactly?

OK, Ari, I think the first thing I want to understand is, like, what is antivenom? Like, what is it made out of exactly?

OK, Ari, I think the first thing I want to understand is, like, what is antivenom? Like, what is it made out of exactly?

Right, right. I kind of know about this. Like even after the toxin has left your body, you retain like immune memory of it, right?

Right, right. I kind of know about this. Like even after the toxin has left your body, you retain like immune memory of it, right?

Right, right. I kind of know about this. Like even after the toxin has left your body, you retain like immune memory of it, right?

So that if you like encounter this like foreign substance again, your body will recognize it and ideally mobilize against it more quickly. Like some vaccines work like this.

So that if you like encounter this like foreign substance again, your body will recognize it and ideally mobilize against it more quickly. Like some vaccines work like this.

So that if you like encounter this like foreign substance again, your body will recognize it and ideally mobilize against it more quickly. Like some vaccines work like this.

Wait, clumsy like somebody who's been bitten a lot?

Wait, clumsy like somebody who's been bitten a lot?

Wait, clumsy like somebody who's been bitten a lot?

Wow. So, like, what happens next? Like, were the researchers able to, like, synthesize something from Tim that, like, maybe could work as an antivitam?

Wow. So, like, what happens next? Like, were the researchers able to, like, synthesize something from Tim that, like, maybe could work as an antivitam?

Wow. So, like, what happens next? Like, were the researchers able to, like, synthesize something from Tim that, like, maybe could work as an antivitam?

A working cocktail of more than just one antibody?

A working cocktail of more than just one antibody?