Scientists studied naked mole rats to avoid aging and cancer

A study on naked mole rats could help scientists prevent and better treat human illnesses.

scientists, naked mole rats age healthily, very rarely get cancer, and are numb to acid.

“If we can understand why naked mole rats don’t really get these problems, there’s an awful lot to be learned.”Also known as the sand puppy, naked mole rats are pink, nearly hairless subterranean rodents that are the only known mammal to be cold-blooded. “We think it’s because in the wild, these animals live in large colonies underground where their exhaled carbon-dioxide builds up and reacts with moisture to make carbonic acid. This caused them to evolve so that acid doesn’t cause them pain and they can stay safe in their burrows.”

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