by Researchers have found turtles could keep the key to looking for a cure for cancer.
Creatures that are both large and durable are usually subjected to a higher risk of maintaining the disease, but turtles seem to defy this pattern.
The reason in its strong defense against cell damage, slow metabolism, reduces cellular stress, and reduce unique genes that protect against cancer.
In the study, scientists from the University of Nottingham and Birmingham analyzed the medical records of autopsies of hundreds of zoo tortoises, including some from the Chester Zoo in Cheshire.
They found that only 1 percent were affected by cancer, far less than in mammals or fucking. It was also found that tumors, when they appeared, almost never spread.
Some Turtle types – including turtles – have a lifespan over 100. The Galapagos and Aldabra grade turtles have lived over 150, for example. In April, a woman of the species at the age of 100 at the age of 100 became in the Philadelphia -zoo.
Credit: Philadelphia Zoo Digital
The researchers said that the results were highlighted how important it was to protect endangered species.
Dr. Ylenia Chiari, one of the authors of the School of Life Sciences at the University of Nottingham, said: “Turtles, especially iconic species such as Galapagos and Aldabra giant turtles, are famous for life and growing to enormous sizes.
“You would expect this to mean more cancer, but our study, which combines decades of zoo recordings with previous research, shows how incredibly rare cancer are in these animals.
“It emphasizes turtles as an unused model for understanding cancer resistance and healthy aging and shows the important role that zoos play in the promotion of science through cooperation.”
Dr. Scott Glaberman from the University of Birmingham added: “Biodiversity has to teach us as much as the world works.
“Although it fascinates in their own right, extreme types such as huge turtles may have already solved many of the problems with which people are confronted, including those who are associated with aging and cancer. This makes biodiversity twice.”
Dr. Helena Turner, the research officer of Chester Zoo, said: “It is fantastic to see that these efforts not only help to promote scientific knowledge about cancer resistance, but also to support important maintenance work in order to protect these remarkable types, have the keys to medical breakthroughs that benefit both wildlife and humans.”
