The naked mole rat is unlikely to win any awards when it comes to looks, but it may hold the key to understanding the aging process. A new study has revealed why they are resistant to many age-related ...

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A new study reports that four amino acid changes in a single protein help the naked mole rat repair DNA more efficiently. The same rodent can live up to about 37 years in captivity, far longer than ...

New research has demonstrated how tiny tweaks in a DNA-sensing enzyme may hold the key to the naked mole-rat’s extraordinary lifespan – offering insights that could one day inform therapies for aging ...

What naked mole-rats lack in the looks department they make up for it in longevity, living healthily for nearly four decades. Now scientists have uncovered just how they repair their DNA – and it has ...

Naked mole-rats are one of nature's most extraordinary creatures. These burrowing rodents can live for up to 37 years, around ten times longer than relatives of a similar size. But what is the secret ...

Naked mole-rats are well known for both their wrinkly appearance and for their unexpectedly long lives. The source of this extended lifespan has been under scrutiny for decades. While many rodents are ...

The secret to the naked mole-rats' extraordinarily long life may lie in subtle changes to just four amino acids, researchers report. According to a new study, evolutionary mutations in cGAS – an ...

Four subtle tweaks to an enzyme could help explain why naked mole rats can live for nearly 30 years, an unusually long lifespan for creatures their size. In a study 1, published in Science today, ...