New research shows bigger animals get more cancer, defying decades-old belief
A longstanding scientific belief about a link between cancer prevalence and animal body size has been tested for the first ...
New Scientist on MSN12 天
Big animals have higher cancer risk – but also evolved better defences
A comparison of 263 species supports the idea that large animals have higher rates of cancer than smaller ones. But the ...
New Scientist13 天
Big animals have higher cancer risk – but also evolved better defences
or 1000 times higher in the elephant.” That suggests larger species have evolved more ways to protect themselves, says Gorbunova. Indeed, by using evolutionary trees to infer animals’ rates of ...
Study Finds on MSN12 天
Larger animals really are more prone to cancer, debunking ‘Peto’s paradox’
Learn why larger animals have more cancer risk and how unique creatures could inspire future cancer treatments for humans.
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Paradox-Busting Study Finds Bigger Animals Really Are at Greater Risk of Cancer
Despite decades of research, scientists were still trying to figure out why rates of malignant cancer do not appear to ...
Meet The 2 Smallest Domesticated Animals. Hint: They’re Much Smaller Than The Miniature ...
When we think of domesticated animals, dogs, cats, cattle and horses are the types of animals that come to mind. But ...
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Bigger Animals Do Get More Cancer, Overturning a 45-Year-Old Myth. But Exceptions Could ...
“When species needed to grow larger, they also evolved remarkable defenses against cancer,” said Dr. Joanna Baker, a ...