After 80 years of stumping scientists, strange Philippine frog unmasked as hybrid

After 80 years of stumping scientists, strange Philippine frog unmasked as hybrid

Evolutionary biologists working in the Philippines have long puzzled over a hard-to-find amphibian mystery: the Leyte Chorus Frog. It's a small, ground-dwelling frog from Leyte Island in the Visayan province of the eastern Philippines. The country is an island archipelago once blanketed with dense forests that today exist in small fragments—an unfortunate consequence of intensive logging.

Scientists unlock frogs' antibacterial secrets to combat superbugs

Engineers have derived potent new antibiotics from a frog's secretions. The new molecules demonstrated capabilities on par with existing last-resort antibiotics, without harming human cells or beneficial gut bacteria.

For many years, researchers have wondered how frogs manage to prevent infections quickly, despite living in highly contaminated environments. A notable example is the Asian frog Odorrana andersonii, re-baptized as well as homage to the American zoologist John Anderson (1833-1900) and also known as a stinky frog for the unpleasant smell it emits to drive away potential predators. But this is not their only defense mechanism. Like other amphibians…

Antibiotics found in frogs could offer a new alternative in the fight against superbugs, according to a study published Tuesday in the journal Trends in Biotechnology and led by researchers at the University of Pennsylvania (USA). The team, which conducted […]

Antibiotics found in frogs offer a possible way to combat superbacteria – The Observatorial

Antibiotics found in frogs could offer a new alternative in the fight against superbacteria, according to a study published Tuesday and led by researchers from the University of Pennsylvania, in the United States. The team, which did their work in laboratory experiments and animal models, found in the frogs a “unconventional” source for the possible […]

Antibiotics found in frogs could offer a new alternative in the fight against superbacteria, according to a study published this Tuesday in Trends in Biotechnology magazine and led by researchers from the University of Pennsylvania (USA).The team, which carried out its work in laboratory experiments and animal models, found in these amphibians a "unconventional" source for the possible obtaining of innovative treatments that respond to "the pres…