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Dept. of Molecular Oncology Moffitt Cancer Center Naked mole-rat enthusiasts and mouse modelers

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It’s time for #moleratmonday, where we bring you a fun fact about the naked mole rat, and it’s also Monday πŸ€ Today’s fact:

For a rodent, they have an incredibly long lifespan. It’s estimated to be ~10 years in the wild, and 30+ in captivity! The price: they’re super wrinkly even when they’re young

02.03.2026 22:27 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Welcome back to #moleratmonday, where we tell you a fun fact about the naked mole rat every Monday! πŸ€ Today’s fact:

They aren't really naked: Naked mole rats are covered with tactile hairs, concentrated in important areas like their face and toes. This helps make up for their very poor eyesight πŸ‘€

23.02.2026 23:40 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 1

Naked mole rats in the media! We often see them in the context of cancer, but naked mole rats present a LOT of interesting biology that can teach us many things
#nakedmolerat

22.02.2026 23:08 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Nice work!

19.02.2026 17:17 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Welcome to #moleratmonday, where every Monday we'll share a fun fact about the naked mole rat! πŸ€ Today's fact:

Naked mole rats are one of two eusocial mammals, meaning they live in colonies with a single breeding female, like bees 🐝 the other eusocial mammal? Also a mole rat!

#nakedmolerat

17.02.2026 01:57 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Testing Nature’s Defenses: Inducing Cancer in the Naked Mole Rat Summary:. Although mice develop lung cancer from a single Eml4-Alk driver fusion, Shepard, Lester, and colleagues show that naked mole rats require three simultaneous oncogenic events: Eml4-Alk, Tp53 ...

Testing Nature’s Defenses: Inducing Cancer in the Naked Mole Rat url: aacrjournals.org/cancerdiscov...

Thanks @elizsmckenna.bsky.social and @aacrjournals.bsky.social for featuring our report!

12.01.2026 16:43 β€” πŸ‘ 7    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
An Autochthonous Model of Lung Cancer Identifies Requirements for Cellular Transformation in the Naked Mole-Rat Abstract. There is growing interest in understanding the mechanisms underlying differences in cancer incidence among species (comparative oncology). The naked mole-rat (NMR) is often referenced as β€œca...

How about eating Naked Mole Rats…… oh wait…. aacrjournals.org/cancerdiscov...

01.11.2025 11:38 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Congratulations to the team on all their hard work on developing this first of its kind model! @andreaventura.bsky.social @psalmotoxin.bsky.social @wtklab.bsky.social
@kytsailab.bsky.social @moffittnews.bsky.social

08.09.2025 17:53 β€” πŸ‘ 14    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0