ROCHESTER, N.Y., Dec. 24 (UPI) -- The naked mole rat isn't going to win any beauty contests but has been named Vertebrate of the Year by a leading scientific magazine.
Thanks largely to the work of two University of Rochester biologists, Science Magazine, one of the world's leading journals on scientific research and news, has bestowed the honor on the naked mole rats, saying the long-living, subterranean rodents"may hold a lesson or two for humans" when it comes to warding off cancer.