The protective substance, called hyaluronan (HA), is part of the extracellular matrix in many animals, but naked mole-rats produce large amounts of an HA variant that has a high molecular weight.

they do raise questions about the scope of cancer resistance and the interpretation of biomedical studies in this model,” the authors wrote in their study. From the older mole rat, who is still alive ...

"It brings us into people's vision and hopefully they will support us not just by supporting the rat project, but by ...

There are many different kinds of mole rats. The best known is probably the naked mole rat, whose hairless, tubular, wrinkled body makes it appear a bit like a tiny walrus—or perhaps a bratwurst ...

Researchers have found a link between cancer and cell phone use in rats. On Thursday, the National Toxicology Program - an interagency government group that's a part of the National Institutes of ...

The Red No. 3 ban has been at the forefront of many conversations since the Center for Science in the Public Interest ...