Scientists in the tropical north of Australia are collecting blood from crocodiles in the hope of developing a powerful antibiotic for humans, after tests showed that the reptile immune system kills the HIV virus.
The crocodile immune system is much more powerful than human beings, the prevention of infection hazardous to wildlife, after territorial fights which often leave the animals with Gaping wounds and missing limbs.
“I am every tear out of the arts and despite the fact that living in this environment, with all these microbes, which heal very rapidly and normally almost always without infection,” said U.S. scientist Mark Merchant, who took samples of crocodile blood for the Northern Territory.
Early studies on the crocodile immune system in 1998 found that several proteins (antibodies) in the blood of reptiles that have been killed bacteria resistant to penicillin, such as Staphylococcus aureus or golden Staph, Australian scientist Adam Britton told Reuters. E ‘was also a more powerful killer of the HIV virus that the human immune system.
