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EPISODE · Oct 8, 2025 · 2 MIN

Why Humans--but Not Chimps--Get Cancer

from A Moment of Science · host Indiana Public Media

Humans and chimpanzees share 96 percent of their DNA. So why are diseases like cancer so common in humans but so rare in chimps?

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