{"id":64628,"date":"2026-04-17T12:19:03","date_gmt":"2026-04-17T02:19:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/?p=64628"},"modified":"2026-04-17T12:19:03","modified_gmt":"2026-04-17T02:19:03","slug":"frog-derived-gut-bacterium-completely-eradicates-100-of-tumors-after-a-single-dose-in-mice","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/?p=64628","title":{"rendered":"Frog-Derived Gut Bacterium Completely Eradicates 100% of Tumors After a Single Dose in Mice"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>(Tom: That kissing frog thing? Might have some merit in it after all!)<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-64629\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Anti-Tumour_Gut_Microbiota.jpg\" alt=\"Anti-Tumour Gut Microbiota\" width=\"1100\" height=\"881\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Anti-Tumour_Gut_Microbiota.jpg 1100w, https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Anti-Tumour_Gut_Microbiota-300x240.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Anti-Tumour_Gut_Microbiota-1024x820.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Anti-Tumour_Gut_Microbiota-768x615.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><\/p>\n<h3 class=\"subtitle subtitle-HEEcLo\" dir=\"auto\">A single intravenous dose of Ewingella americana achieved complete tumor elimination in 100% of treated animals, with no detectable toxicity\u2014outperforming chemotherapy and immunotherapy.<\/h3>\n<p>A<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/substack.com\/redirect\/9f0fb3d9-c1b8-4bc7-a44c-b9eda6c829b7?j=eyJ1IjoieWg4YXcifQ.P5dd96yeNjsZvqxez43LWKLeQBPn8oqoUB630mF8gtY\" rel=\"\"> newly published peer-reviewed study<\/a><\/strong> in <em>Gut Microbes<\/em> has uncovered a previously unknown cancer-fighting bacterium isolated from amphibian and reptile gut microbiomes\u2014delivering results that exceeded modern oncology treatments.<\/p>\n<p>In an immunocompetent mouse model of colorectal cancer, <strong>a single intravenous dose of <\/strong><em><strong>Ewingella americana<\/strong><\/em><strong> led to complete tumor elimination in 100% of treated animals<\/strong>, with no recurrence upon re-exposure to cancer cells\u2014suggesting durable, long-term immune protection.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thefocalpoints.com\/p\/new-study-frog-derived-gut-bacterium\">https:\/\/www.thefocalpoints.com\/p\/new-study-frog-derived-gut-bacterium<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(Tom: That kissing frog thing? Might have some merit in it after all!) A single intravenous dose of Ewingella americana achieved complete tumor elimination in 100% of treated animals, with no detectable toxicity\u2014outperforming chemotherapy and immunotherapy. A newly published peer-reviewed study in Gut Microbes has uncovered a previously unknown cancer-fighting bacterium isolated from amphibian and &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/?p=64628\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Frog-Derived Gut Bacterium Completely Eradicates 100% of Tumors After a Single Dose in Mice&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-64628","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-general-interest"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/64628","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=64628"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/64628\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":64630,"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/64628\/revisions\/64630"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=64628"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=64628"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=64628"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}