Studying naked mole-rats could be the key to breakthroughs in treating pain and cancer

2019-6-20 10:42

The naked mole-rat is perhaps one of the most bizarre beasts on the planet. At first glance, it looks like little more than a cocktail sausage with legs and teeth. But beneath its wrinkly pink skin, this creature’s strange and beautiful biology has me fascinated – so much so that I set up a whole research group devoted to studying them.

Largely immune to cancer, impervious to some forms of pain, and seemingly blessed with the elixir of life, you may well owe your life to them one day. As the name might suggest, naked mole-rats buck the mammalian trend…

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