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Department of Pharmacology

 
Naked Mole Ravolt

In work funded by the Dunhill Medical Trust, Dr Ewan St. John Smith has made a series of animations with ScienceSplained.

Although looking a little peculiar, naked mole-rats have a wealth of secrets that could help us better understand a whole host of human diseases, from cancer to chronic pain and neurodegenerative conditions like Alzheimer’s disease.

In work funded by the Dunhill Medical Trust, Dr Ewan St. John Smith has made a series of animations with ScienceSplained to explain some of the fascinating biology of naked mole-rats, which can be viewed here.