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0 pointswhycome6mo ago0 comments

Maybe. The fact that some animals are especially immune to cancers suggest there are ways to prevent the outcome (cell replication/mutation).

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Are they immune to cancer, or do they simply not live long enough to develop them? AFAIK, only plants are immune to cancer.

Elephants and naked mole rats.

These might not technically be cancers but the similarity is there.

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0 pointswhycome6mo ago0 comments

Maybe. The fact that some animals are especially immune to cancers suggest there are ways to prevent the outcome (cell replication/mutation).

Are they immune to cancer, or do they simply not live long enough to develop them? AFAIK, only plants are immune to cancer.

Elephants and naked mole rats.

These might not technically be cancers but the similarity is there.

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