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Immune to aging, pain and cancer, urites can teach us more than we think about good health

2022-12-22 11:28:32Lifestyle SHKRUAR NGA REDAKSIA VOX

Immune to aging, pain and cancer, urites can teach us more than we think about

It's no secret that uriths, wrinkled, nearly hairless rodents with long teeth protruding from their mouths, are not the most attractive animals on Earth.

But what these creatures lack in beauty, they make up for in a number of remarkable characteristics that are intriguing zoologists and medical researchers around the world.

Despite their small size, these species live an average of 30 years, are resistant to chronic diseases, including diabetes, and have an intriguing reproductive system.

Animals also provide environmental benefits by acting as " ecosystem engineers " and improving soil biodiversity when they dig for nests.

Immune to aging and pain, these strange-looking creatures have long fascinated scientists. Now research is revealing that they may hold the key to understanding a number of human diseases, such as cancer and aging.

Although we have historically studied mice to understand the secrets of human biology, scientists believe that mice have special advantages for medical research.

Found in the wild in Kenya, Ethiopia and Somalia, uriths live in colonies of around 70-80 members, with some in "houses" of up to 300 animals.

Highly social, these colonies are ruled by a queen and follow a strict hierarchy. Members oversee various jobs, such as bringing in the underground parts of plants, such as bulbs, roots and tubers, which they eat, along with faeces.

One of their most unique features is that it is difficult to tell exactly how old an urith is, as they show limited signs of physical decline.

While humans may become progressively wrinkled, gray or more susceptible to chronic diseases, " the standard signs of aging that you would expect to see in most mammals do not actually appear to occur ." They have no significant changes in cardiac function, body composition, bone quality or metabolism.

In nature, the main cause of death of these species is predation by animals such as snakes. It is a very different picture from the usual causes of death in humans.

" One in two people is likely to get cancer. Uriths are unlikely to develop cancer, but in contrast, they almost never get cancer, it's very rare ," said researcher Ewan St John Smith.

For this reason, scientists are thinking of introducing these urites in laboratories to see the development of their immune system, and why not, to see any kind of adaptation in humans, since the disease of cancer is spreading every year and more and it is taking people's lives every day.


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