Of course, but if it's possible in one mammal, there's no real reason why it shouldn't be possible in another. I highly doubt that our vulnerability to cancer is somehow intrinsic to what makes us human.
This is obviously far off, but genetic modification opens up a whole new world of possibilities.
Naked mole rats aren't even rats, per se - they are the only species in its genus and the only known eusocial mammal. (I wonder if E. O. Wilson studied them?)
This is obviously far off, but genetic modification opens up a whole new world of possibilities.