http://www.sciencemag.org/news/2021/06/how-do-most-lobsters-stay-cancer-free-newly-sequenced-genome-could-reveal-their-secrets

A new readout of the American lobster genome could help explain why the long-lived crustaceans age gracefully.

Consider the American lobster—a bottom-dwelling crustacean that lives up to 100 years in the wild. Scientists have long wondered at its astonishing longevity: Lobsters do not grow weaker with age and only rarely suffer from cancers. Now, researchers have published the first high-quality draft of the lobster genome, yielding surprising insights about the animal’s immune system and genomic stability that may one day help answer fundamental questions about aging—not only in lobsters, but also in humans.