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I've always wondered if we could have venom vaccines using repeated micro doses.

• fullspectrumdev 3y ago
  There’s been some interesting self experimentation in that direction. Unclear if the startup Tim Friede was involved with actually has gone anywhere yet, but he was basically dosing himself with a plethora of snake venoms to build immunity. See: https://www.outsideonline.com/outdoor-adventure/exploration-survival/snakebite-antivenom-tim-friede/ https://www.outsideonline.com/outdoor-adventure/exploration-...
  • giantg2 3y ago
    I thought I heard somewhere that a blood transfusion from someone who was bitten acted as antivenom even. Not sure if that's true or where I even heard it. Very interesting if it is true.
    • rzzzt 3y ago
      That someone is a horse: https://youtu.be/7ziWrneMYss https://youtu.be/7ziWrneMYss (caution, a big snake is on the thumbnail and everywhere in the video)
• chorsestudios 3y ago
  This practice is referred to as Mithridatism. Snake venom injections will help develop an increased metabolic tolerance, but this not quite the same as developing a vaccine. Bill Haast injected himself for years with gradually increasing quantities of snake venom. His blood was able to be used in place of anti-venom. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Haast https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Haast