Vax-Ya-Later-Alligator: Crocodiles May Offer Solution To Deadly Antibiotic-resistant Infections

Professor Mark Hulett, lead author and PhD candidate Scott Williams, Dr. Fung Lay. La Trobe University via SWNS)

YEPPOON, Australia — Researchers say crocodiles might hold the key to a breakthrough in medical research.

A team from Australia’s La Trobe University focused on the crocodiles’ defensins, small proteins that detect and announce an infection to the immune system. “The defensins are able to change their activity based on the pH environment.