Chernobyl's mutant wolves appear to have developed resistance to cancer, study finds

A study from Princeton University shows that Chernobyl wolves have evolved a mutated immune system, similar to patients undergoing chemotherapy. Even parts of the wolves' genetic information seem resistant to increased cancer risk. Now scientists are hoping for the finding to be the key to fighting the disease in humans. Expressen's news app brings you all the news — download it here.

Dogs living in Chernobyl, Ukraine, have been mute and have developed resistance to cancer due to the high radiation, according to a new study.

Wolves living in Chernobyl have mutated and developed resistance to cancer as a result of the high levels of radiation, according to a new study. Now the scientists behind hope

Wolves in the Chernobyl radiation zone developing resistance to cancer, says study

L: The reactor No. 4 of the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant, covered with a sarcophagus. R: A wolf crosses a road in a forest in the 30 km (19 miles) exclusion zone around the Chernobyl nuclear reactor near the abandoned village of Dronki, Belarus.Getty Images Europe/ReutersChernobyl wolves are growing resistant to cancer despite their high radiation exposure.The wolves are exposed to six times the legal safety limit of radiation for humans.Decade…

Wolves that roam through the abandoned Chernobyl area are daily exposed to radiation, which causes cancer. Researchers have now found that part of their genetic code may have become resistant to increased disease risk.

Cara Love, an American evolutionary biologist, studied how Chernobyl wolves survive despite generations of exposure to radioactive particles that represent more than six times the safe limit for a human. The researchers found that the wolves' immune system underwent changes similar to those of cancer patients undergoing chemical treatment. physiotherapy. In addition, specific parts of the genome of these animals have been identified that appear …