Doctor Frog to the Rescue!

Scientists are finding new ways to treat sick people by studying frogs!
This is yet another good reason to be concerned about the fate of our worlds frogs since every day so many frogs are threatened by environmental problems!

For example, scientists found a way to make a new drug painkiller from the toxins in a frog's skin. The frog (Epibpedobates tricolor) is found in Ecuador. Poison in its skin protects it from predators. They couldn't use the poison itself for humans because it's too powerful (isn't that amazing?), but researchers took the frog poison (its structure) as a model for this new drug.