Brian Reichholf
@brirei.bsky.social
RNA Biology PhD, now Digital Pathology & Spatial Biology @ Boehringer-Ingelheim by day, cycling and lifting weights by night
There isn’t a particularly ”easy“ linear relationship between organism size/cell count, and genetics. For elephants, at least, we know that they have 20 copies of the cancer protective gene p53.
www.scientificamerican.com/article/why-...
www.scientificamerican.com/article/why-...
Why Elephants Don't Get Cancer
Elephants use 20 copies of a key cancer-fighting gene—and humans just have one
www.scientificamerican.com
November 15, 2024 at 11:42 AM
There isn’t a particularly ”easy“ linear relationship between organism size/cell count, and genetics. For elephants, at least, we know that they have 20 copies of the cancer protective gene p53.
www.scientificamerican.com/article/why-...
www.scientificamerican.com/article/why-...