Revolutionary Cancer Research: How the Bisexual Hydra Offers Insights into Genetic Transmission of Cancer

What makes this strange creature so suitable for cancer research is that it is bisexual and can recreate itself into a new genetically identical creature by start

The fact that it is also possible to induce cancer in Hydra galactis in the laboratory by overfeeding means that the conditions are ideal for studying how cancer is passed on to the next generation .

A group of researchers from the National Center for Scientific Research in France took the old laboratory test with Hydra oligactis and designed a new test to see how cancer is passed down genetically from generation to generation.

“Our research represents the first contribution to a better understanding of the conditions under which transmissible cancer occurs, as well as the short-term effects on the affected organism, ” the researchers write studywhich is published in the Proceedings of the Royal Society B.