A Zombie Gene Keeps Elephants from Getting Cancer | SciShow News

Elephants are huge, so you might think all those extra cells would mean more cancer, but scientists have some new insights into why this is isn't the case. Hosted by: Hank Green Head to https://scishowfinds.com/ for hand selected artifacts of the universe! ---------- Support SciShow by becoming a patron on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/scishow ---------- Dooblydoo thanks go to the following Patreon supporters: Lazarus G, Sam Lutfi, D.A. Noe, سلطان الخليفي, Piya Shedden, KatieMarie Magnone, Scott Satovsky Jr, Charles Southerland, Patrick D. Ashmore, Tim Curwick, charles george, Kevin Bealer, Chris Peters ---------- Looking for SciShow elsewhere on the internet? Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/scishow Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/scishow Tumblr: http://scishow.tumblr.com Instagram: http://instagram.com/thescishow ---------- Sources: https://www.cell.com/cell-reports/fulltext/S2211-1247(18)31145-8 https://www.eurekalert.org/emb_releases/2018-08/uocm-zgp080818.php https://www.eurekalert.org/emb_releases/2018-08/cp-erc080718.php https://lynchlab.uchicago.edu/ https://www.nature.com/news/how-elephants-avoid-cancer-1.18534 https://www.quantamagazine.org/a-zombie-gene-protects-elephants-from-cancer-20171107/ https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/fullarticle/2456041 https://elifesciences.org/articles/11994 http://animals.sandiegozoo.org/animals/rock-hyrax Thumbnail Image: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Eye_of_the_elephant_(Unsplash).jpg