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I suspect one reason could be that mice have much faster metabolisms than humans. Also, typically the speed of metabolism is typically inversely correlated with
by FreeFull 10y ago
I suspect one reason could be that mice have much faster metabolisms than humans. Also, typically the speed of metabolism is typically inversely correlated with size, although there definitely are some outliers too.
- danieltillett 10y agoMice have far few cells than humans so they should be much less likely to get cancer (all things being equal). Peto’s paradox is all about this effect [1]. 1. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peto%27s_paradox https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peto%27s_paradox
- venomsnake 10y agoBut those cells burn at a lot higher rate.
- Ericson2314 10y agoAnd wow, the "related articles" were actually useful for once. http://www.bbc.com/earth/story/20151031-the-animal-that-doesnt-get-cancer http://www.bbc.com/earth/story/20151031-the-animal-that-does... mentions duplicating the gene in mice: 2 copies seems to be the sweet spot.
- danieltillett 10y agoYes but not a billion time more. The relative resistance of human cells to cancer compared to mice is more than just about metabolism.