With their large buck teeth and wrinkled, hairless bodies, naked mole rats won't be winning any awards for cutest rodent. But their long life span—they can live up to 30 years, the longest of any rodent—and remarkable ...
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DEAR MAYO CLINIC: I have a significant number of moles. While most do not bother me, I have at least one that bleeds from time to time. Should I see my doctor for a mole that bleeds?
Jul 8, 2021
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(HealthDay)—You might think of seeing a skin specialist for cosmetic procedures, to freshen skin or to get rid of lines. But do you recognize the signs of problems that need the attention of a skin doctor?
Mar 29, 2019
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Scientists are applying astronomical techniques to identify moles that may develop into the skin cancer melanoma. Astronomers regularly take images of the sky, producing software to map set targets over time. This technology ...
Jul 14, 2022
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Naked mole-rats (NMRs)—the longest living rodents—show remarkable resistance to aging and cancer. NMRs have long fascinated those involved in aging research and cancer research. Now, for the first time, researchers from ...
Feb 8, 2022
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Skin biopsies are no fun: Doctors carve away small lumps of tissue for laboratory testing, leaving patients with painful wounds that can take weeks to heal. That's a price worth paying if it enables early cancer treatment. ...
May 4, 2022
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Diagnosed more frequently in the United States than all other cancers combined, skin cancer will affect one in five Americans by the age of 70. Atypical moles—larger moles of irregular shape and color—can be challenging ...
Oct 26, 2018
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Testing for two gene mutations commonly associated with melanoma would be insufficient to determine whether a mole could turn cancerous, University of Queensland research has found.
Aug 11, 2017
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Rochester biologists show how selfish genetic elements that can cause tumors may also trigger the death of cancer cells.
Oct 21, 2021
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What do snapping shrimp, naked mole rats, ants, honeybees, and humans all have in common? They all share a similar colony-like organizational system that biologists have termed eusociality. Eusocial species have been remarkably ...
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