Chernobyl’s mutant wolves appear to have developed resistance to cancer, study finds | World News | Sky News

The researchers discovered that Chernobyl wolves are exposed to upwards of 11.28 millirem of radiation every day for their entire lives – which is more than six times the legal safety limit for a human.

Dr Love found the wolves have altered immune systems similar to cancer patients undergoing radiation treatment, but more significantly she also identified specific parts of the animals’ genetic information that seemed resilient to increased cancer risk.

A lot of research in humans has found mutations that increase cancer risk – with the presence of the variant BRCA gene making it more likely a woman might develop breast or ovarian cancer, for example.

But Dr Love’s work has sought to identify protective mutations that increase the odds of surviving cancer.

via news.sky.com

Ukrainian wolves endure.