Cancer is less prevalent in elephants than in humans, in part
because the giant animals have more copies of a gene that suppresses
tumor growth, a new study finds.
Understanding how this
gene evolved and works in elephants may help researchers develop ways to
treat human cancer patients, the researchers said.
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