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by mathh 586 days ago
Could such a mechanism be used for interstellar travel ?
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Of the frogs? Sure!
Be careful though, if you send an all female human crew enhanced by frog genes, some of them might change sex on the way.
Only guaranteed to last for four or five months, so probably would be a very short interstellar travel
No. Article says they have 1000x sugar in their blood. When we get to 10x we tend to die.
We could replace some of the Glucose with Xylitol. Xylitol is another sugar that protects the body from Advanced Glycation End Products. AGEs are what makes glucose so dangerous.

https://www.healthline.com/nutrition/advanced-glycation-end-...