Next April, the tragedy of the explosion of the Chernobyl nuclear power station will celebrate the 38th anniversary. For almost four years, an area of 1000 square miles in the vicinity of Cherbobyl was classified as unsafe for human habitation due to radiation that can cause cancer. But Cara N Love, a biologist from Princeton University found that the population of gray wolves in the vicinity of Chernobyl has resistance to cancer.
A study has been done on the animal population in the area where human settlement is prohibited since 2014. He realized that the gray wolf population in this area was higher than expected. When a GPS collar that can also detect radiation is placed on the wolf, it confirms that this animal lives in an area with radiation six times more dangerous than for humans. But the wolves studied did not die of cancer as expected.
The immune system of gray wolves in this area was found to have changed to provide resistance to cancer. In other words, generations of exposure to radiation produced wolves that could naturally fight cancer. The part of the wolf's genome that can fight cancer has been identified but has not yet been fully studied to give hope that it can also be given to humans to fight the disease which is the fourth biggest cause of death in Malaysia.
Due to the conflict between Russia and Ukraine that has lasted for more than two years, Love has not yet returned to Chernobyl to continue his research. Hitting is better than treating. We are definitely on the right track to fulfill the prediction of a cancer vaccine for humans being created before 2030.