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**Peto’s paradox is the observation that incidence of cancer does not appear to correlate with the number of cells in an organism. For example, the incidence of cancer in humans is much higher than the incidence of cancer in whales. This is despite a whale having about 1000 times more cells than a human.
A genomic study may have revealed why Greenland Sharks rarely get cancer. They can weigh over a ton and have life span of over 400 years. They rarely get cancer.
In a recently published gene sequencing study they found that found that the copy numbers of three gene families (TNF , TLR , LRRFIP ), which are involved in activating the NF-κB signaling pathway, are significantly increased in the Greenland shark compared to short-lived shark species. Here is the link
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