{"id":284,"date":"2021-03-03T15:00:33","date_gmt":"2021-03-03T18:00:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/theblueboatinitiative.org\/?p=284"},"modified":"2022-01-04T18:39:32","modified_gmt":"2022-01-04T21:39:32","slug":"lun-biologos-de-la-universidad-austral-analizaron-genes-que-protegen-del-cancer-a-las-ballenas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fundacionmeri.cl\/theblueboatinitiative\/en\/lun-biologos-de-la-universidad-austral-analizaron-genes-que-protegen-del-cancer-a-las-ballenas\/","title":{"rendered":"[LUN] Biologists at Universidad Austral Analyzed Genes that Protect Whales from Cancer"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Cancer is a disease that starts in the cells. During cell division, some cells divide and grow uncontrollably due to mutations. \u201cYou would think large animals, which have more cells, would have a greater probability of developing cancer, but this is not what happens,\u201d said Juan Opazo, PhD in biological sciences and director of the Doctoral Program in Sciences with a specialization in Ecology and Evolution at Universidad Austral.<\/p>\n<p>This paradox is addressed by the doctoral thesis of biologist Daniela Tejada Mart\u00ednez, a student in the program. Tejada, with the help of Opazo and microbiologist Jo\u00e1o Pedro de Magalh\u00e1es of the Integrative Genomics of Aging Group at the University of Liverpool, analyzed 1,077 Tumor Suppressor Genes or TSGs in the genomes of 15 mammalian species, including seven cetaceans. This group is interesting because it includes whales, the largest and longest-lived animals.<\/p>\n<p>SOURCE: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.lun.com\/Pages\/NewsDetail.aspx?dt=2021-03-03&amp;PaginaId=10&amp;bodyid=0\">LUN<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Cancer is a disease that starts in the cells. During cell division, some cells divide and grow uncontrollably due to&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":179,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[9,8],"class_list":{"0":"post-284","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-noticias","8":"tag-ballenas","9":"tag-universidad-austral"},"translation":{"provider":"WPGlobus","version":"3.0.2","language":"en","enabled_languages":["es","en"],"languages":{"es":{"title":true,"content":true,"excerpt":false},"en":{"title":true,"content":true,"excerpt":false}}},"menu_order":0,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/fundacionmeri.cl\/theblueboatinitiative\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/284","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/fundacionmeri.cl\/theblueboatinitiative\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/fundacionmeri.cl\/theblueboatinitiative\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fundacionmeri.cl\/theblueboatinitiative\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fundacionmeri.cl\/theblueboatinitiative\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=284"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/fundacionmeri.cl\/theblueboatinitiative\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/284\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":648,"href":"https:\/\/fundacionmeri.cl\/theblueboatinitiative\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/284\/revisions\/648"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fundacionmeri.cl\/theblueboatinitiative\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/179"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/fundacionmeri.cl\/theblueboatinitiative\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=284"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fundacionmeri.cl\/theblueboatinitiative\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=284"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fundacionmeri.cl\/theblueboatinitiative\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=284"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}