<p>Frog skin is known to have plenty of potent germ-fighting compounds because of the hostile surroundings they inhabit. But these substances are often poisonous to humans. <br /><br />Now a team at the United Arab Emirates University have thought up a way of altering the chemicals to remove their toxicity, the Telegraph reported. <br /><br />The findings were presented at the American Chemical Society conference in Boston.<br /><br />They have already identified 100 new antibiotics, including one that could fight the hospital superbug Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) bacteria. <br /><br />Frog skin is an excellent potential source of such antibiotic agents," said Michael Conlon, biochemist at the university in Abu Dhabi. <br /><br />"They've been around 300 million years, so they've had plenty of time to learn how to defend themselves against disease-causing microbes in the environment," he said. <br /><br />"Their own environment includes polluted waterways where strong defences against pathogens are a must," he added.</p>
<p>Frog skin is known to have plenty of potent germ-fighting compounds because of the hostile surroundings they inhabit. But these substances are often poisonous to humans. <br /><br />Now a team at the United Arab Emirates University have thought up a way of altering the chemicals to remove their toxicity, the Telegraph reported. <br /><br />The findings were presented at the American Chemical Society conference in Boston.<br /><br />They have already identified 100 new antibiotics, including one that could fight the hospital superbug Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) bacteria. <br /><br />Frog skin is an excellent potential source of such antibiotic agents," said Michael Conlon, biochemist at the university in Abu Dhabi. <br /><br />"They've been around 300 million years, so they've had plenty of time to learn how to defend themselves against disease-causing microbes in the environment," he said. <br /><br />"Their own environment includes polluted waterways where strong defences against pathogens are a must," he added.</p>