This
frog's slime can
destroy flu viruses
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Flu virus, meet frog slime.
A component of mucus — yum — from the skin of South Indian frogs can
destroy the H1 variety of influenza viruses, a
new study found.
Defensive compounds in frogs' skins were already k**wn to protect the amphibians against bacteria. But those same compounds can also neutralize dozens of flu strains, scientists in the U.S. and India found.
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The early findings, published Tuesday in the journal
Immunity, might make it possible to harness frog mucus for fighting flu
viruses when vaccines aren't available, or when strains become resistant to existing *****.
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