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Bats@lemmy.world · 8 days ago

Common species of bats have superpowers allowing them to live up to 35 years, which is equal to about 180 human years, without cancer

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Common species of bats have superpowers allowing them to live up to 35 years, which is equal to about 180 human years, without cancer

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Bats@lemmy.world · 8 days ago

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Why Don’t Bats Get Cancer? Researchers Discover Protection from Genes and Strong Immune Systems

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A study to look at why long-lived bats do not get cancer has broken new ground about the biological defenses that resist the disease. Reported in the journal Nature Communications, a University of Rochester research team...

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Turn into bats. That’s probably the best and most obvious way.

All joking aside, I really hope they can use this knowledge somehow to our benefit.

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