Saturday, August 28, 2010

Another reason to like frogs

As if us toads needed another reason to like frogs, there is a new report out of the American Chemical Society meeting that suggests frog skin may be an excellent source for new antimicrobials including ones active against MRSA and acinetobacter. More than 100 potential compounds have been identified.  Now if we could just convince frog to let us sleep in more. That bit where he rips the calendar pages off until he gets to May is not that cool...

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