[CINC] whales and cancer research

[Ken Macdonald]

Fascinating article in this weeks Nature:
http://www.nature.com/news/massive-animals-may-hold-secrets-of-cancer-suppre
ssion-1.12258?WT.ec_id=NEWS-20130122

In case you have trouble viewing it, here's the take home message:
Large animals such as humpback whales may have evolved cancer-fighting
mechanisms that smaller animals lack ‹ but one flip-side could be lower
rates of reproduction.

Enjoy,
Ken  Macdonald



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