Naked mole-rats' anti-cancer gene is unique among mammals
Wednesday, May 6, 2015 - 07:50
in Biology & Nature
Naked mole rats are unusual in many ways as a result of adaptations to living underground, with extreme longevity and a lack of the normal signs of ageing. Their resistance to cancer has been linked to the production of a substance called high molecular mass hyaluronan (HMM-HA), and mutations in the HAS2 gene that produces it.