835 We Bought A Zoo 2: Big Animal Boogaloo

In this episode, Dr's J and Santhosh continue their zoological journey into contributions made to medicine by animals. Along the way, they cover the secrets of giraffe medical problems, long neck hypertension, chimeric crispr hybrids, tall cancer links, elephant cancer fighting genes, p53 tumor suppression, whale dna repair, dinosaur cancers, the la brea tarpits and more! So sit back and relax as we explore the animal kingdoms next big thing for medicine!Further Readinghttps://academic.oup.com/mbe/advance-article/doi/10.1093/molbev/msz099/5485251https://www.newscientist.com/article/2268865-whales-and-dolphins-can-resist-cancer-and-their-dna-reveals-whyhttps://www.nature.com/articles/news031020-2https://www.newscientist.com/article/dn28306-elephants-almost-never-get-cancer-thanks-to-multiple-gene-copies/https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2019/05/190510091342.htmhttps://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2018/10/181026153312.htmhttps://www.science.org/content/article/giraffe-genome-holds-keys-its-peculiar-body-and-clues-hypertension-treatments Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.