Frogs help Fred Hutch find the shape of small things

Frogs Contribute to Science at Fred Hutch

Frogs have made significant contributions to Fred Hutch science, serving as a model organism that shares much of human biology.

After a nearly two-decade absence, Yasuhiro Arimura has reintroduced them to the facility for a new era of research.

In the summer of 2024, a shipment of 30 live African clawed frogs arrived at the Fred Hutch Cancer Center.

The frogs were placed in a new frog room in the Basic Sciences Division, where they were transferred into water tanks and began to settle into their new environment.

The amphibians were delivered in cardboard shipping boxes packed in damp wood shavings and were given plastic tubes to hide in and lily pads to float among.

Author's summary: Frogs return to Fred Hutch for new research.

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