Frogs have significantly contributed to science at Fred Hutch, serving as a model organism that shares much of human biology.
After a two-decade absence, Yasuhiro Arimura has reintroduced them for a new era of research.
In the summer of 2024, 30 live African clawed frogs arrived at the Fred Hutch Cancer Center, marking the beginning of a new project.
The frogs were placed in a new frog room in the Basic Sciences Division, where they settled into their new homes in water tanks with plastic tubes and lily pads.
The amphibians were delivered to the new frog room in the Basic Sciences Division and transferred into long white-framed water tanks stacked on blue racks like bunk beds.Author's summary: Frogs aid science research.