Mutant Chernobyl wolves evolve anti-cancer abilities 35 years after nuclear disaster
From News Wise:
Beyond hard workers and aides, the domestic dog (Canis lupus familiaris) can also help us learn about cancer. It turns out that man’s best friend falls ill and fights off cancer more similarly to humans than the common laboratory mouse. Surprisingly, this makes studying their wilder cousins, the gray wolf (Canis lupus), an excellent choice to understand how we might treat cancer one day. Esoteric and challenging, scientists can’t just go out and survey the neighborhood wolf pack for answers. Instead, they have to go where wolves and cancer are sure to collide.
