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The animal that doesn't get cancer
BBC ^
| 31 October 2015
| Melissa Hogenboom
Posted on 11/01/2015 3:36:17 AM PST by WhiskeyX
Many animals get cancer just like humans do, but there are a few mysterious species that rarely develop it.... A few animals don't seem to get cancer very often, or at all. Understanding why could help us treat it, or even prevent it.....
(Excerpt) Read more at bbc.com ...
TOPICS: Culture/Society; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: animalscancer; cancer; cancerfightinggene; cancerprevention; elephants; genep53; molerat; molerats; nakedmolerat; nakedmolerats; petosparadox
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posted on
11/01/2015 3:36:17 AM PST
by
WhiskeyX
To: WhiskeyX
I didn’t know naked mole rats lived that long. Pretty impressive for a rodent.
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posted on
11/01/2015 3:41:54 AM PST
by
grimalkin
(For the Statist, liberty is not a blessing but the enemy. - Mark Levin, Liberty and Tyranny)
To: WhiskeyX
How many of the animals with cancer smoke?
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posted on
11/01/2015 3:51:36 AM PST
by
R. Scott
(Humanity i love you because when you're hard up you pawn your Intelligence to buy a drink)
To: R. Scott
“How many of the animals with cancer smoke?”
Many of the pets living in households with Human smokers generating second-hand smoke inhalation and lab animals subjected to a smoker’s environment for testing purposes.
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posted on
11/01/2015 3:56:06 AM PST
by
WhiskeyX
To: WhiskeyX
Recently saw a story about Elephants not developing it too and are being studied at a Ele-Retirement home in Fl
For them it may be an all leafy green diet?
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posted on
11/01/2015 3:58:05 AM PST
by
CGASMIA68
To: CGASMIA68
This article comments on how elephants are equipped with so many more copies of a cancer preventing mechanism than Humans.
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posted on
11/01/2015 4:06:45 AM PST
by
WhiskeyX
To: WhiskeyX
Thanks for posting, Whiskey. Very interesting article — it never occurred to me that there was such a wide variation in rates of animal cancers. I just sent to my daughter who is in a veterinary program.
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posted on
11/01/2015 4:08:28 AM PST
by
ProtectOurFreedom
(For those who understand, no explanation is needed. For those who do not, no explanation is possible)
To: WhiskeyX
That’s not a naked mole rat!
That’s just a small walrus!
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posted on
11/01/2015 4:09:57 AM PST
by
G Larry
(ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS impose SLAVE WAGES on LEGAL Immigrants.)
To: CGASMIA68
See the part of the article where it says:
Part of the explanation came in October 2015. The elephant genome turned out to contain a lot of copies of a known cancer-fighting gene. Known as p53, it is a tumour suppressor. Most mammals have it, including humans, but we only have one copy whereas elephants have 20.
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posted on
11/01/2015 4:15:17 AM PST
by
WhiskeyX
To: KC_Lion; Norm Lenhart; Lazamataz
Mole Rat news!
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posted on
11/01/2015 4:17:18 AM PST
by
TADSLOS
(A Ted Cruz Happy Warrior! GO TED!)
To: WhiskeyX
Similarities are amazing..
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posted on
11/01/2015 4:41:59 AM PST
by
maddog55
(America Rising a new Civil War needs to happen.)
To: grimalkin
I didn’t know naked mole rats lived that long. Pretty impressive for a rodent.Maybe humans should consider going naked. With exceptions, please.
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posted on
11/01/2015 4:48:40 AM PST
by
The_Media_never_lie
(The Democrat debate was audtiton to see who would wear the American jackboot. Ted Cruz)
To: WhiskeyX
I’m already beginning to look wrinkly and losing hair so keep your naked mole rat genes away from me.
To: The_Media_never_lie
More exceptions than not, I would think.
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posted on
11/01/2015 5:01:33 AM PST
by
grimalkin
(For the Statist, liberty is not a blessing but the enemy. - Mark Levin, Liberty and Tyranny)
To: WhiskeyX
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posted on
11/01/2015 5:06:06 AM PST
by
CtBigPat
(Free Republic - The grown-ups table of the internet.)
To: WhiskeyX
Yes went back and read the whole thing.
To: WhiskeyX
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posted on
11/01/2015 5:15:28 AM PST
by
JoeProBono
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To: maddog55
Thats funny!
People that rezemble there pets!
Why are liberals so homely?
Is it to make them easier to ID in public?
To: R. Scott
In the last 10 years, I have had 4 dogs pass on. Two from cancer, lymphoma. One old age. And one had a heart attack or something.
No smoking here.
To: grimalkin
Please don’t post pics of Hillary in a thread with the word naked. Thank you.
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posted on
11/01/2015 5:26:21 AM PST
by
TangoLimaSierra
(To win the country back, we need to be as mean as the libs say we are.)
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