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Do Naked Mole-Rats Hold the Secret to Longer Lives for Humans?

April 26, 2017hold humans Lives longer mole-rats Naked secret

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Do Naked Mole-Rats Hold the Secret to Longer Lives for Humans?

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One of the ugliest critters in the animal kingdom, the naked mole-rat, may help humans live longer and healthier lives. This blind, bucktoothed little creature, with pink wrinkled skin, can live up to 24 years in a laboratory environment and more than 17 years in the wild, making it the Methuselah of the rodent world.