[ RadSafe ] Elephants rarely get cancer, now scientists think they know why

[ROY HERREN]

http://www.latimes.com/science/sciencenow/la-sci-sn-elephant-cancer-story-20151007-story.html
Elephants rarely get cancer, now scientists think they know why
October 8, 2015"In another experiment, the researchers found that elephant cells exposed to radiation self-destruct at twice the rate of healthy human cells, and more than five times the rate of human cells with only one functioning allele of the TP53 gene". Roy Herren