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Re:1 hr operation could cure prostate cancer by destroying t... by pfdietz on Friday March 17, 2023 @08:39AM (#35196311)
Elephants have 100x as many cells as a human does, live about as long, but have about 1/2 the chance of dying of cancer. Why? A big part is that each elephant cell has ~40 copies of the p53 gene.
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Re:1 hr operation could cure prostate cancer by destroying t... by hawk_ on Friday March 17, 2023 @05:24PM (#35203115)
Before anyone thinks of increasing p53 in human bodies to prevent cancer keep in mind that it can cause premature aging.
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Re:1 hr operation could cure prostate cancer by destroying t... by pfdietz on Friday March 17, 2023 @06:20PM (#35203649)
I'm sure elephants have all sorts of compensatory mutations so they can live with so many copies of the gene.
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