Scientists at the Japan Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (JAIST) have identified a naturally occurring bacterium from the intestines of Japanese tree frogs (Dryophytes japonicus) that demonstrated remarkable anticancer activity in mice. The findings, published in Gut Microbes, introduce a new approach to cancer treatment that uses living bacteria to directly target tumors rather than simply altering the gut microbiome.
This frog bacterium wiped out cancer tumors in mice with a single dose
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2026/07/260709160655.htm
19 Comments
amplifiedrabbit@lemmy.today · 44 pts · 2d
This really does prove the point once again:
Mice are actually vast, hyper-intelligent pan-dimensional beings. They are not only subtly guiding our behavior by participating in our behavioral experiments, but also using us for scientific breakthroughs to improve their own quality of life.
YetAnotherNerd@sopuli.xyz · 6 pts · 1d
Douglas Adam’s was right!
noxypaws@pawb.social · 4 pts · 19h
to what thing of Douglas Adam are you referring?
YetAnotherNerd@sopuli.xyz · 2 pts · 17h
There’s always one. /ThreeStoogesSlap. Stupid autocorrupt.
Douglas Adams, [The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy]
ranzispa@mander.xyz · 1 pts · 2h
Having humans change your genome so that you develop cancer more easily, and then injecting into you a bunch of ineffective treatments is an improvement in quality of life?
baconmonsta@piefed.social · 34 pts · 2d
Another miracle cure for mice!
Grimy@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 1d
Everytime I look at my paycheck, I get enraged knowing the amount that's going just for mice healthcare. They aren't even citizens, they don't pay taxes themselves. Freeloaders, the tiny lot of them.
bstix@feddit.dk · 4 pts · 15h
You forget the important part: What color is the mouse? Which bathroom does it use?
0x0@infosec.pub · 6 pts · 2d
That so many mice still has tumours even with all these cures for them is an atrocity
jet@hackertalks.com · 25 pts · 2d
Obligatory xkcd : https://xkcd.com/1217/
Quexotic@infosec.pub · 22 pts · 1d
Wonder if I could get that for my dog.
Found out yesterday she has bone cancer.
Aralakh@lemmy.ca · 1 pts · 15h
Oh man, so sorry to hear that :(, please give your doggo all the pets and scratches for me. Hopefully you got some support through this 🫂
Snapz@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 1d
Well yeah, if you're using THAT frog bacterium. Obviously.
altphoto@lemmy.today · 3 pts · 23h
Americans: Oh, we're sorry! This is the last one! You want some? That'll be $376,786,987.53 at the counter, thank you.
antianarchist@sopuli.xyz · -1 pts · 1d
Not so pro-life anymore, if you kill cancer cells, are we?
/s
ironpangolin29@lemmy.ca · -28 pts · 2d
This entire practice and trials on animals is big pharma controlling cures by bureaucracy and red tape and "inhumane" testing. Big pharma lines the pockets of the guys who write FDA rules. FDA rules state you can't practice on humans thus curing humans because that would collapse pharmaceuticals, cancer treatments. Thanks a lot think-tanks. Your big brains slowed progress, but prevented famines due to population control right?
SkaveRat@discuss.tchncs.de · 20 pts · 2d
Kindly fuck off with your anti science bullshit
ironpangolin29@lemmy.ca · -9 pts · 2d
Wat. How did you get anti science from that? Lmao
sunsofold@lemmy.zip · 2 pts · 14h
The FDA has plenty of issues but saying 'no, you can't test things on humans without first testing them on non-human animals,' isn't for the sake of the companies. There are a lot of 'potential cures' for which we never want human trials, because rodent trials reveal how much cancer they cause rather than cure.