The naked mole rat (Heterocephalus glaber) is a wrinkly rodent renowned for its resistance to cancer. Please Register or Log in to view the hidden image! Although the animals can live for 30 years, there have been no documented cases of malignancies in naked mole rats—until last week (February 4). Researchers from the University of Washington and their colleagues reported in Veterinary Pathology that two males, aged 20 and 22 years, had two different forms of cancerous tumors. http://www.the-scientist.com/?artic...269/title/Cancer-Detected-in-Naked-Mole-Rats/
