# s-cancer: the naked mole-rat, an extraordinary resistance

<< The naked mole-rat (NMR, Heterocephalus glaber), which is the longest-lived rodent species, exhibits extraordinary resistance to cancer >>

Shingo Miyawaki, Yoshimi Kawamura, et al. Tumour resistance in induced pluripotent stem cells derived from naked mole-rats. Nature Communications 7, Article number: 11471 doi:10.1038/ncomms11471. 10 May 2016

http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/ncomms11471

African subterranean animal exhibits “extraordinary” cancer resistance. Hokkaido University Magazine, June 16, 2016.

http://www.oia.hokudai.ac.jp/blog/34769/