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Some treefrogs can freeze themselves to survive winter months, and researchers at the University of Dayton and Wright State University hope to hone in on that ability to use on human organs for transplant.
The two schools received a joint, three-year $562,000 grant in September from the National Science Foundation to investigate proteins likely active in the freezing process of gray treefrogs, and researchers have developed a method to isolate one important protein that transfers water and glycerol to cells to keep them free from damage when frozen.
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