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Simple molecule prevents mole rats from getting cancer

Sugar matrix surrounding cells traps would-be tumours in long-lived mammal.

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Callaway, E. Simple molecule prevents mole rats from getting cancer. Nature (2013). https://doi.org/10.1038/nature.2013.13236

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