Salient points for those who don’t want to read the article, or can’t:

• The team administered a single shot of E. americana intravenously to mice with colorectal cancer, and it completely eliminated tumors in every treated animal.

• Caused only short-lived inflammatory effects that resolved within 72 hours

• Over two months of observation, treated mice showed no signs of organ damage or chronic toxicity.

• The bacterium are also sensitive to antibiotics, providing intervention options if problems were to arise following treatment.

• 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!

Just a minute at 2000°C also eliminated all cancer cells in mice.

Getting news from memes is next level.

afraid to ask: did it also eliminate the mice?

https://xkcd.com/1217/

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

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?

I am down to get some frog gut shots

: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?