ScienceShot: Toads Keep Their Brains Germ-Free – ScienceNOW

“By performing genetic analyses and mass spectrometry on ground-up toad brains, the researchers found 79 different antimicrobial peptides—the widest variety ever seen in the brain of any animal.”

As antibiotics start to lose their efficacy, new sources and mechanisms of antimicrobials will have to be found, such as bacteriocins and these peptides from frogs.

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