Salient points for those who don’t want to read the article, or can’t:
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The team administered a single shot of E. americana intravenously to mice with colorectal cancer, and it completely eliminated tumors in every treated animal.
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Caused only short-lived inflammatory effects that resolved within 72 hours
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Over two months of observation, treated mice showed no signs of organ damage or chronic toxicity.
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The bacterium are also sensitive to antibiotics, providing intervention options if problems were to arise following treatment.
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When the mice were later re-exposed to cancer cells, none developed new tumors, suggesting the treatment had triggered long-lasting immune memory.
This holds some real promise, I’m very excited to see what this brings! Kudos to the researchers!
Mfw bacteria become resistant: 😱😱😱
Still probably better than cancer, no ?
Yes, now you have to shove a live frog up your ass every day or die of colon cancer.
Multiresistant bacteria are a death sentence in many cases…
and cancer isn’t?
In many cases it isn’t.
Le epic bacteriophage:
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Just a minute at 2000°C also eliminated all cancer cells in mice.
Getting news from memes is next level.
How do you administer handgun for colon cancer? 😳
You shouldn’t. The side effects turn out to usually be more harmful than the cancer.
Skill issue
afraid to ask: did it also eliminate the mice?
If this takes off it could be a great thing for conservation. Frogs are in a lot of trouble!
Sadly I’m not so sure, but I like to be optimistic
If this
takes offLeaps off
This is my argument for government science budgets.
Headline: Scientists Spend Millions Studying Andean Frog Fucking Habits!
“What a waste!”
What if I told you those scientists were making more frogs to study how they can freeze solid and thaw out? Or how limb regeneration works?
Practically all meds come from science like that.
why are you studying Easter island soil? discovery of Rapamicin and the cell cenesense pathways in human cells.
They needn’t worry unless the mouse experimental animal Union is more powerful than theirs.
:bufo-offers-gut-bacterium:
Could be we just aren’t eating enough uncooked whole, live frogs in our modern diet. Someone has to volunteer to gulp down a few to see if their probiotics cure their cancer, throw some newts in for good measure. If we don’t get proof that works at a citizen science level, pharma companies will at best brew the bacteria in a lab and sell it back to us at exorbitant prices. Who will be the next Jonas Salk?
I am down to get some frog gut shots
