I think it should be possible to extract anti-cancer cells from the body of an elephant. Then the first thing we should understand is why elephants are immune to cancer, and what is the specificity within the elephant's body?
According to research, as an animal's size and lifespan increase, the chances of developing cancer decrease. For example, only about 3 percent of the 644 dead elephants studied were plagued by cancer. This is not the case with humans, where the chances of getting cancer amounted to more than 10 percent of all of them. Research has shown that the gene "tp53" plays a key role. This gene inhibits the development of cancer by encoding the p53 protein that monitors the integrity of the cell's genes. For example, it promotes cell recovery if the cell is genetically damaged, and initiates apoptosis if the cell is found to be abnormal and cannot be repaired. It induces abnormal cells to "commit suicide" to avoid cancerous transformation.
In African elephants, there are at least 20 copies of the tp53 gene, while in humans, there is only one copy of the tp53 gene. The researchers also found that in elephants, the tp53 protein initiates apoptosis more efficiently than in human cells when lymphocytes show DNA damage.
? In the elephant body to extract anti-cancer cells, although it is feasible, but in humans and elephants live in some of the environment is not the same, for the genes in the environment is also different, so rashly from the elephant body to extract these cells, there is still a risk. There is also the possibility that due to the different genes with the human body, by the human body of the white blood cells attack, that is, there is a rejection reaction.
? So humans want to improve their chances of fighting cancer, must think twice, not be able to disregard the laws of nature to extract the cells of elephants, if there are incalculable consequences, then it is difficult for human beings to bear the consequences. In any case, with the progress of society and the development of science and technology, human medical equipment will be more advanced, but we still have to follow the laws of genetics, without harming other animals such as elephants, based on the service of mankind.