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Meat-eating mammals are more susceptible to cancer than herbivores

22 December 2021

Understanding why plant-eating mammals like antelopes and sheep are far less likely to die of cancer than carnivores may help protect us from cancer too

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Meat-eating mammals are more susceptible to cancer than herbivores

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