Genetic Mechanism in Mole Rats Can be Targeted in Cancer Research
Sunday, March 15, 2009 - 18:42
in Biology & Nature
Cellular mechanisms that subterranean mole rats have developed in order to survive the low levels of oxygen in their underground habitat are similar to the mechanisms used by tumors to survive and progress in humans. Based on the new study, the mole rat can represent the human tumor in research, and the gene targeted in mole rats can be targeted for development of anti-cancer drugs.