Indian frog excretes mucus that can fight flu: study
Miami
A FROG in south India excretes a mucus from its skin that could one day help people fight off certain types of flu viruses, researchers said on Tuesday. The colourful, tennis ball-sized frog is known as Hydrophylax bahuvistara, said the report in the journal Immunity.
"Different frogs make different peptides, depending on where their habitat is. You and I make host defence peptides ourselves," said flu specialist and study co-author Joshy…
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