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do you realize that there are animals that are  resistant to certain diseases that actually kill  

humans it’s true and i’m going to talk about four  of them it’s just an interesting topic let’s start  

with the elephant okay elephants don’t get cancer  they’re protected from cancer yet they have over  

a hundred times more cells than humans but why  don’t they get cancer well they isolated that  

they have 20 copies of a very specific gene  called tp53 which is a tumor suppressor gene  

you have these genes in your body that suppress  tumors okay well they have 20 and humans only have  

one and that gene is called the guardian of the  genome quite fascinating then you have the naked  

mole rat okay which is also protected from cancer  and they have extreme high levels of something  

called hyaluronin which is a compound that  can cage the cancer and keep it from spreading  

quite interesting they’re also protected from  hypoxia lack of oxygen probably because they  

live most of the life underground and there  might not be a lot of oxygen down there they’re  

also protected against oxidative stress they  have this highly expressed gene called nrf  

gene which is also called the master of  oxidative stress protection now this gene  

which i’m going to do a video on this is quite  fascinating because we also have this gene  

has the ability to protect against diseases  in extreme environments related to oxidation  

and it actually controls your antioxidant levels  that give you protection against oxidation it also  

stimulates a very high level of autophagy which  can then remove stress damage proteins so the  

naked mole rat very interesting animal you might  want to consider getting a pet instead of your  

gerbil or hamster because they live 30 years then  you have bears did you realize that a bear becomes  

diabetic when it hibernates and then when it  awakens that diabetes goes away so what happens  

is when they go into hibernation their insulin  just shuts right down why so they can tap into  

their fat reserves because higher levels of  insulin block the ability to tap into fat  

and also during the summer months when they’re  eating a lot getting fat which they increase  

their fat over 50 percent they don’t even get  insulin resistance at all it’s only when they  

start to hibernate that the body starts  shutting down insulin very interesting  

then you have the chimpanzee and they’re protected  against pathogens by using certain leaves okay so  

instead of chewing them they actually roll these  leaves around the mouth and it kills the bacteria  

fungus parasites and so it acts as a very powerful  antibiotic i’m just curious how they found out  

that that leaf does that i mean i have no idea  but it’s quite interesting so anyway that’s  

all i have in this video thanks for watching hey  before you go if you’re benefiting from any of my  

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