Originally published August 22 2005
Crocodiles may help in the fight against HIV
by Mike Adams, the Health Ranger, NaturalNews Editor
Utilizing the crocodile's super immune system, scientists hope to find more effective ways to fight HIV.
The crocodile's immune system is much more powerful than that of humans, preventing life-threatening infections after savage territorial fights.
"They tear limbs off each other and despite the fact that they live in this environment with all these microbes, they heal up very rapidly and almost always without infection," said US scientist Mark Merchant, who has been taking crocodile blood samples in the Northern Territory.
Initial studies of the crocodile immune system found that several proteins (antibodies) in the reptile's blood killed bacteria that were resistant to penicillin.
It was also a more powerful killer of the HIV virus than the human immune system.
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