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Jason Sheltzer

@jsheltzer

Assistant prof at @YaleMed. Interested in aneuploidy, mitotic kinases, drug targeting, CRISPR, and promoting diversity in science. Co-founder @MelioraTx.

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In total, this provides a new model for how big animals avoid cancer - maybe they’re just better at DNA repair than us? As a next step, I’d love to see this validated in an animal model - if you drive high expression of whale CIRBP in the mouse, are they cancer-resistant?

In total, this provides a new model for how big animals avoid cancer - maybe they’re just better at DNA repair than us? As a next step, I’d love to see this validated in an animal model - if you drive high expression of whale CIRBP in the mouse, are they cancer-resistant?