A Zombie Gene Protects Elephants From Cancer

12/04/2018 10 min
A Zombie Gene Protects Elephants From Cancer

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Elephants did not evolve to become huge animals until after they turned a bit of genetic junk into a unique defense against inevitable tumors. The post A Zombie Gene Protects Elephants From Cancer first appeared on Quanta Magazine