eLife (Oct 2016)

How elephants beat cancer

  • Stephen J Gaughran,
  • Evlyn Pless,
  • Stephen C Stearns

DOI
https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.21864
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 5

Abstract

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Elephants have significantly reduced their risk of cancer by duplicating an important gene called TP53.

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