Naked mole rats reveal genetic secret to long life
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Victoria GillScience correspondent, BBC NewsWashington Post via Getty ImagesNaked mole rats live for up to 40 years, compared to about three years for a mouseThey are weird, bald, subterranean rodents that look like sausages with teeth, and they have just revealed a genetic secret to long life.A new study of the bizarre naked mole rat shows that the animals have evolved a DNA repair mechanism that could explain…
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