Why don't bugs get cancer?!
Question: Why don't bugs get cancer.?
I have read through a number of medical publications looking for a answer, and none give one! Is there a secret they have that could bring better treatment to humans.? Health Question & Answer
Answers:
Where did you get the idea that insects don't get cancer.?
Spontaneous cancer rates in insects are far lower than in larger animals, largely because insect life-spans are so short, but among longer-lived insects, cancer certainly occurs!
The "secret" we might learn from insect cancer rates is that the best way for humans to reduce cancer might be for us to be much simpler, tinier critters, and for us to stop living so long!Health Question & Answer
Spontaneous cancer rates in insects are far lower than in larger animals, largely because insect life-spans are so short, but among longer-lived insects, cancer certainly occurs!
The "secret" we might learn from insect cancer rates is that the best way for humans to reduce cancer might be for us to be much simpler, tinier critters, and for us to stop living so long!Health Question & Answer
Perhaps, no one takes time nor money to research cancer in bugs.Health Question & Answer
Who says they don't.?Health Question & Answer