Naked mole rats are immune to cancer – new cure found?
Created: 10/13/2022, 8:00 p.m
By: Jasmine Farah
Are naked mole rats the new superstars of wildlife?
The rodents, otherwise classified as ugly, are even said to be used in cancer therapy.
Who says TikTok is only for cute cat or puppy videos and funny singing numbers?
Instead, you can even learn something on the social video platform, for example at “annasworld95”.
The young woman works in a research laboratory and keeps sharing snapshots.
In it she shows what her daily work looks like and what it consists of.
Your video clips are very educational and successful.
Anna already has over 55,000 followers on TikTok.
Naked mole rats are immune to cancer – new cure found?
One is particularly interesting: In it, the young woman explains that naked mole rats should be immune to cancer.
Dogs, on the other hand, can smell cancer in humans.
Ironically, these rodents, which are perceived by many as ugly.
They grow up to 15 centimeters long and weigh up to 50 grams.
Her body is naked, rosy wrinkled and the body stretched out on short little legs.
But the animals, which mainly live underground, could be useful in cancer therapy.
According to the TikTok user, your body should be rich in hyaluronic acid, which also occurs naturally in human tissue.
"The acid serves as a lubricant for the body and inhibits cancer growth," she explains in the video.
As a result, this knowledge is now being used to develop new cancer drugs.
Therefore, it could be that naked mole rats can help to develop a cure for cancer in the future.
A groundbreaking discovery!
Naked mole rats are immune to cancer - valuable for medicine
Many users are excited about this and even refer to the cartoon mole rat "Rufus" from the popular animated series Kim Possible about a teenage agent who saves the world.
Others, on the other hand, think the idea is brilliant and also have another idea that can at least be implemented immediately.
This also applies, for example, to horses that are lame.
Accordingly, a user writes jokingly: "So remember: always smear with hyaluronic cream." Another agrees and says: "*shopping list* hyaluron annual supply."
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Others, on the other hand, find the approach theoretically exciting, but it can take years or decades before a cure is approved and comes onto the market.
That could be too late for some relatives, some users note.
Yet everyone agrees that the connection between animals and humans can contribute to something so fruitful and important in the world.