Naked Mole Rats Are Genetic Masterpieces

     Naked mole rats have struck gold when it comes to their DNA, at first glimpse most people would be unable to tell how well off they have it in the DNA department. They are not very cute and they live underground, so what is so great about them? Naked mole rats have never been documented with cancer due to a protein that they have which stops cells from multiplying too much or too rapidly. They also are not very prone to ageing as their mole rat cousins,  naked mole rats are the longest living rodents with a life expectancy of about 28 years and the average mole rat has a life expectancy of approximately 5 years. The scientist found that the naked mole rat cells were much darker than those of mice. They built the engineered protein far more accurately, in other words. Naked mole rats, the scientists found, made anywhere from four to ten times fewer mistakes. Yet the naked mole rats can make their proteins as quickly as the sloppier mice. They are better at making their DNA than most other animals, they can make far superior proteins