Long-lived cancer-resistant rodents as new model species for cancer research

Most rodents are small and short-lived, but several lineages have independently evolved long lifespans without a concomitant increase in body mass. Most notably, the two subterranean species naked mole rat (NMR) and blind mole rat (BMR) which have maximum lifespans of 32 and 21 years respectively. T...

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Published in:	Frontiers in Genetics
Main Authors:	Jorge eAzpurua, Andrei eSeluanov
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Frontiers Media S.A. 2013-01-01
Subjects:	Aging Cancer naked mole rat blind mole rat long-lived rodents
Online Access:	http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fgene.2012.00319/full