Good news! However, this is about future progress!
"“Researchers at the University of Melbourne in partnership with the Colossal Foundation will advance conservation efforts to engineer immunity in amphibians, including Australia’s critically endangered Corroboree Frog, against a deadly fungal disease.
The Colossal Foundation, a non-profit organisation established by American de-extinction company Colossal Biosciences, have gifted US$3 million to the University of Melbourne over three years to help stop the spread of chytridiomycosis, a disease responsible for the extinction of 90 amphibian species to date and significant declines in 500 more. ..."
"... The amphibian chytrid fungus infects epidermal cells and kills frogs by disrupting their skin function. It was discovered by a University of Melbourne ... Professor ... in 1998. ..."
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