• Question: Are we any closer to finding a cancer cure using the substance imbetween naked mole rats cells that make them imune to cancer?

    Asked by Eloise to Adrian, Gaia, Jim, Scott, Vicky on 15 Mar 2016.
    • Photo: Gaia Andreoletti

      Gaia Andreoletti answered on 15 Mar 2016:

      Wow! Good question! And I do not know an answer. I would say yes, we are getting closer.

    • Photo: Scott Lawrie

      Scott Lawrie answered on 15 Mar 2016:

      I do keep hearing about naked mole rats being immune to cancer so there is a lot of research going into it. We are looking for treatments for all kinds of cancers (and there are LOTS to study!) so if naked mole rats help cure even one of them then that’s a great start 😀

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