Sentences with phrase «studying naked mole rats»
Rochelle Buffenstein, a physiologist who is now at the University of Texas Health Science Center, began studying naked mole rats in 1980 and took a colony with her when she moved from South Africa to the United States in 1997.
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One man builds robots, another studies naked mole rats, a third is a lion tamer and the fourth is a topiary gardener.
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Last week, a research consortium posted the draft sequence of the naked mole rat's genome online; further study may unlock the genetic clues to this unique animal's survival abilities.
Claustrophobic cells Three years ago, Gorbunova was involved in another study that described the unusual way in which the cells of the naked mole rat behave in the lab.
Scientists at the Barshop Institute for Longevity and Aging Studies, part of the School of Medicine at the UT Health Science Center at San Antonio, have found another secret of longevity in the tissues of the longest - lived rodent, the naked mole rat.
The naked mole rat, a long - lived rodent, is being studied for the secrets its biology can reveal about healthy aging.
Previous studies of naked mole - rat cells have found that fibroblasts and their secretions have anti-cancer activity.
In 2008, the studies led to the finding that naked mole rats didn't feel pain when they came into contact with acid and didn't get more sensitive to heat or touch when injured, like we and other mammals do.