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Scientists have finally solved the question of why some frogs can survive in deadly fungi.

2026-09-04 10:31:42 ‍⚕️ Sources:ScienceDaily
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Scientists have finally solved the question of why some frogs can survive in deadly fungi.

Recently, there have been several recent developments in the field of international medical health, and the industry and the public continue to be concerned about these developments. Scientists have revealed why some tick populations are able to recover after being destroyed by deadly fungal pathogens. The study, led by UCL, the UK's National Zoo (ZSL) and Imperial College London, found that the timing of tick immune development greatly influenced their ability to recover after infection.

The deadly fungus, which knocks out frogs and toads, and the global outbreak of toads and toads disease (Chytridiomycosis), is a disease that destroys toads and toads' skin, destroying their regulatory function of water, salt, and minerals. The larvae are more widely protected because toads and larvae lack the furry skin on which they rely. When they are transformed into adult individuals and their furry skin is transformed, they become immune to infections, often leading to mass death.

In order to better understand why some populations recover and others continue to collapse, the researchers studied the recovery of populations of midwife toads living around four lakes in France and Spain. In one lake, the decline trend of the toad population remains unchanged or almost disappeared. In the other three lakes, the recovery trend of the toad population is evident, although the fungus is still present in the environment, but the number of toad populations increases significantly.

The early immune defences play a decisive role. The team focused on antimicrobial frogs, which are natural chemicals released from frog skin that play an important role in the frog's immune system. The study found that frogs recovered from the recovery population produced these protective frogs much earlier than they were when they were frog cubs.

Principal Researcher Dr: First of all, by comparing the numbers of these protective fungi produced in the early stages of life with the average population of different populations, we have prepared them much less in their maturity than those produced in the early stages of life. Phillips Jeffers, Professor of Chemistry at UCL, ZSL Institute of Zoology and Imperial College London, said: 'Our research shows that species that have declined severely from this disease can still recover due to the severe decline of the disease. They have the tools to fight infection and this is entirely dependent on the timing.

This disease causes frogs and toads to die in the process of maturation. Jeffs added: 'The next step is to . .

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