News tagged with naked mole rat

Bottom of the swimming league: Naked mole rat sperm

Naked mole rats (Heterocephalus glaber) live in a 'hive' society with one reproducing queen and between one and three reproducing males. The rest of the mole rats in the colony are workers either defending the bu ...

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Dec 05, 2011 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Naked mole genome sequenced

Scientists have sequenced the complete genome of the naked mole rat, a pivotal step to understanding the animal's extraordinarily long life and good health. A colony of more than 2,000 naked mole rats at The ...

Biology / Biotechnology

created Oct 12, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Scientists sequence DNA of cancer-resistant rodent

Scientists at the University of Liverpool, in partnership with The Genome Analysis Centre, Norwich, have generated the first whole-genome sequencing data of the naked mole-rat, a rodent that is resistant to cancer and lives ...

Biology / Biotechnology

created Jul 05, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Naked mole rats may hold clues to surviving stroke

Blind, nearly hairless, and looking something like toothy, plump, pink fingers, naked mole rats may rank among nature's most maligned creatures, but their unusual physiology endears them to scientists.

Medicine & Health / Medical research

created Nov 30, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Rat pack: Scientists warming up to African rodent

(AP) -- Naked mole rats don't get cancer. They shrug off brushes with acid and age so well, some are older than the college-aged researchers handling them.

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Nov 28, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (10) | comments 0

Scientists discover gene that 'cancer-proofs' rodent's cells

(PhysOrg.com) -- Despite a 30-year lifespan that gives ample time for cells to grow cancerous, a small rodent species called a naked mole rat has never been found with tumors of any kind—and now biologists ...

Biology / Biotechnology

created Oct 26, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (47) | comments 13

In the Palace of the Naked Mole-Rat

Naked Mole-Rats are ugly, but also very interesting mammals. Now scientists want to find out, if the males influence the distribution of male and female progeny.

Biology /

created Feb 24, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0