A research team of Prof. Eijiro Miyako at the Japan Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (JAIST) has discovered that the bacterium Ewingella americana, isolated from the intestines of Japanese tree frogs (Dryophytes japonicus), possesses remarkably potent anticancer activity. This research has been published in the international journal Gut Microbes.
Gut bacteria from amphibians and reptiles achieve complete tumor elimination in preclinical model
