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re: Do elephants get cancer or not?
Posted on 10/9/15 at 7:45 am to butterball101
Posted on 10/9/15 at 7:45 am to butterball101
Cancer occurs in every species. It's not a disease, it's caused by a genetic malfunction (a mutation, but not the science fiction kind). Error in the genetic processing that results in cancer cells, which then multiply like normal cells, but don't die, so they become tumors
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Posted on 10/9/15 at 7:57 am to Upperdecker
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Cancer occurs in every species. It's not a disease, it's caused by a genetic malfunction (a mutation, but not the science fiction kind). Error in the genetic processing that results in cancer cells, which then multiply like normal cells, but don't die, so they become tumors
And the p53 gene which they discuss in this article has been a target of cancer research for decades. We already know that if you can regain function of p53 in cells with altered p53, tumor growth is inhibited and even stopped. However, knowing this and making it functional and safe in humans is hard as shite.
The naked mole rat also provides insight into "natural" cancer prevention
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