Extra Protein Keeps Naked Mole Rats Cancer Free | Foundation for Biomedical Research - 0 views
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Lottie Peppers on 27 Feb 15Naked mole rats are hairless, blind, underground dwellers that are remarkably impervious to cancer. But why you ask? Well, researchers at the University of Rochester asked that same question and it turns out a cluster of genes, called the INK4 locus, is the answer. This locus, also found in humans and mice, uses that cluster to carry instructions, or encode, for several cancer fighting proteins.