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This frog bacterium wiped out cancer tumors in mice with a single dose (www.sciencedaily.com)
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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.

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[–] 45 points 3 weeks ago (4 children)

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.

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  • [–] 7 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

    Douglas Adam’s was right!

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  • [–] 4 points 3 weeks ago (1 child)

    Adam's

    to what thing of Douglas Adam are you referring?

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  • [–] 2 points 3 weeks ago

    There’s always one. /ThreeStoogesSlap. Stupid autocorrupt.

    These creatures you call mice, you see, they are not quite as they appear. They are merely the protrusion into our dimension of vastly hyperintelligent pandimensional beings.

    Douglas Adams, [The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy]

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    • [–] 34 points 3 weeks ago (3 children)

    Another miracle cure for mice!

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  • [–] 7 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (1 child)

    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.

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    • [–] 25 points 3 weeks ago

    Obligatory xkcd : https://xkcd.com/1217/

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    [–] 22 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

    Wonder if I could get that for my dog.

    Found out yesterday she has bone cancer.

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    • [–] 2 points 3 weeks ago (1 child)

    Well yeah, if you're using THAT frog bacterium. Obviously.

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    • [–] -1 points 3 weeks ago

    Not so pro-life anymore, if you kill cancer cells, are we?

    /s

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    [+] -28 points 3 weeks ago (3 children)

    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?

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  • [–] 2 points 3 weeks ago

    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.

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