Is The Naked Mole Rat Our Fountain Of Youth?
Is The Naked Mole Rat Our Fountain Of Youth?
The naked mole rat can hardly be described as cute. With its large buck teeth and wrinkled, hairless body, this small, sausage-shaped rodent wouldn’t win any prizes in a beauty contest. Yet for scientists this creature is a star attraction.
That’s because it lives more than ten times longer than other rodents, barely ages, and is largely impervious to age-related diseases like cancer. Discovering the reasons for its eternal youth could be key to stopping human diseases and even aging. Scientists recently began unraveling the mystery of the naked mole rat’s longevity. […]