Cell phones might cause cancer. Then again, maybe not. Figuring out which is the case begins with rats. Scientists trying to answer the question will dose the little critters with radiation and look ...

Social isolation and related stress could contribute to human breast cancer susceptibility, research from a rat model to identify environmental mechanisms contributing to cancer risk shows. The ...

Naked mole rats live about 10 times longer than other similar-sized mammals. This pregnant naked mole rat (above) is 15 years old. Naked mole rats are renowned for their ability to live cancer-free, ...

Until a few weeks ago, naked mole rats were hailed as a medical miracle, of sorts—no one had ever found cancer in the big-toothed, small-bodied rodents. It was hoped that if we could figure out why, ...

An important new study has linked cell phone radiation to cancers in the brain and heart. The new research was conducted on rats by the U.S. National Toxicology Program, which exposed rats to ...

Newswise — Mice and rats have long since been a standard animal model for cancer research, mainly due to their short lifespan of four years on average and high incidence of cancer. Naked mole rats ...

This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract An initiation/promotion bioassay for chemical carcinogens and tumor promoters has been developed in rat liver using presumed preneoplastic ...

Unlocking secrets from East Africa's naked mole rats, scientists are amazed by their cancer immunity and unique social ...

Naked mole rats are renowned for their ability to live cancer-free, even when researchers try to induce the disease artificially. Not anymore. For the first time on record, researchers have diagnosed ...